Confusing cultural conundrums

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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    ozsmalltowngirl wrote:
    It's called "I'm too un-co for that, so I'll just watch the kiddies on Sesame St." :D

    Unco! :D Love it!!!

    I just thought of another one while I was making my sunshine thread.

    You know, people called Sunshine = "the sun shines out of his arse and his shit don't stink"

    Or is that just a Daddism? :p
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  • Jeanie
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    E.K wrote:
    Hey, Eddie Vedder likes Milo! :eek: ;)

    Edmilo.jpg


    OMG!!!! :eek: Is that one of those Milo's-in-a-can that you are was talking about earlier in the thread????????????
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  • ozsmalltowngirl
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    E.K wrote:
    I don't think so. Did you see Kat's reply to my post on the Aussie Acceptance thread before they closed it? I just hope they stick to their word and lock those other long CLICHEY threads then.
    Why on earth would you want that?! :(

    That's my big fear now - that they'll close all those similar threads :(
    Sure, I disagree with the inconsistancy....but in a way that I'd like our thread to be unlocked like them....NOT them locked like us.


    anyway....I'm out of here, before we attract attention :(

    Do what Kat has said peeps....spread yourselves around the pit....visit all the forums and threads - I had fun doing that yesterday :)
    If you don't wanna do that, go to LW.....before you get ALL the threads closed for using them to chat :)
  • E.K
    E.K New South Wales, Australia Posts: 7,726
    Jeanie wrote:
    OMG!!!! :eek: Is that one of those Milo's-in-a-can that you are was talking about earlier in the thread????????????

    It's a photoshop thing I made of Ed with a tin of Milo. I made that in early 2006 when they announced the Australian tour. I must have been bored or something. :D
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  • you are
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    ozsmalltowngirl wrote:
    We say mIlo :)
    So did your Parcel from amazon arrive??

    i've been saying mIlo too so i guess i got it right :D

    and yes, my package came and i'm SO happy :p
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  • you are
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    Jeanie wrote:
    MY LOW :D

    It's marvellous what a difference Milo makes! ;)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyN4M_QU774

    haha I LOVE it! :D
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  • you are
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    ozsmalltowngirl wrote:
    Forgot about Activite.
    and yeah....I love Quik....but it's nothing like Milo.

    My Milo vice is having a tonne of it on ice cream!!! I quite often make up a big bowl.....AFTER the kids have gone to bed ;):p

    I think you're right re; Jump Rope......come on Americans.....wake up and let us know :D

    yeah, we jump rope, and with two ropes it's called double dutch....but i'm no good at any of it :o
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  • pearljamjen
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    What the heck is Milo? Skipping and jumping rope are two different things. One you do with a rope, and you jump. The other you do without a rope.

    Jumping jacks are not a type of jump rope. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_Jack

    "A Jumping Jack, or side straddle hop as it is called in the United States military (also commonly known as a star jump, especially to children of Commonwealth nations), is a physical exercise performed by jumping to a position with the legs spread wide and the hands touching overhead and then returning to a position with the feet together and the arms at the sides."
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    E.K wrote:
    It's a photoshop thing I made of Ed with a tin of Milo. I made that in early 2006 when they announced the Australian tour. I must have been bored or something. :D

    Very impressive! :D
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  • Jeanie
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    you are wrote:
    haha I LOVE it! :D


    Yeah, it's pretty cool but the skipping one is better. I just couldn't find it for you. I'll look again later when I have youtube access again. :)

    Glad you got your milo. :)
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  • Jeanie
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    pearljamjen wrote:
    What the heck is Milo?

    Milo is a powdered chocolate substance added to cold or hot milk. :)
    It is also sprinkled on ice cream and is the base flavour for chocolate bars and energy bars.

    pearljamjen wrote:
    Skipping and jumping rope are two different things. One you do with a rope, and you jump. The other you do without a rope.


    Skipping has two meanings here. :)

    There's skipping with a rope and there's skipping along without a rope. :)

    We even have a neon sign, classified by the National Trust to preserve it, of Skipping Girl. :)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipping_Girl_Sign

    pearljamjen wrote:
    Jumping jacks are not a type of jump rope. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_Jack

    "A Jumping Jack, or side straddle hop as it is called in the United States military (also commonly known as a star jump, especially to children of Commonwealth nations), is a physical exercise performed by jumping to a position with the legs spread wide and the hands touching overhead and then returning to a position with the feet together and the arms at the sides."


    Actually I think there is a skipping game here called jumping jacks and one called double dutch too. Those exercises in the the wiki link are what we call star jumps. :D
    I thought the term jumping jack was also used when you play jacks here but I'm having trouble finding a reference to it.
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  • ozsmalltowngirl
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    Jeanie wrote:
    Milo is a powdered chocolate substance added to cold or hot milk. :)
    It is also sprinkled on ice cream and is the base flavour for chocolate bars and energy bars.
    Even better eaten straight outta the tin!!! :D :eek:

    Was my big problem (according to my Ob; ) during my second pregnancy :o
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    ozsmalltowngirl wrote:
    Even better eaten straight outta the tin!!!

    Was my big problem (according to my Ob) during my second pregnancy

    :D Oh yeah, and then there's that!!!! :D

    Awesome straight from the tin! :)

    I remember at school camp once making Milo and chip sammiches. :D

    If you craved it then your body probably needed it, I'm not seeing what the problem is. :p
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  • ozsmalltowngirl
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    Have lost track....can't remember if this cultural conundrum has been posted yet??

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  • ozsmalltowngirl
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    Jeanie wrote:
    :-D Oh yeah, and then there's that!!!! :-D

    Awesome straight from the tin! :-)

    I remember at school camp once making Milo and chip sammiches. :D

    If you craved it then your body probably needed it, I'm not seeing what the problem is. :p
    LOL!!! That's exactly what I said and quite often say about my different cravings.....if I'm craving it I MUST follow through as it's my bodies way of telling me I'm lacking in something :D

    It just so happened that during my second pregnancy, my body was lacking in MILO and needed to gain 26 kilos :eek: LMAO!!!

    Another interesting thing.....during my first pregnancy, my big craving was vegemite sandwiches (or should I say "sanga's' ;) )
    It got to the point where I'd walk into work every morning and the lady in the Deli (a few shops down) would walk in with a round for me...LOL! Must've been lacking vitamin B?
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    ozsmalltowngirl wrote:
    LOL!!! That's exactly what I said and quite often say about my different cravings.....if I'm craving it I MUST follow through as it's my bodies way of telling me I'm lacking in something :D

    It just so happened that during my second pregnancy, my body was lacking in MILO and needed to gain 26 kilos :eek: LMAO!!!

    Another interesting thing.....during my first pregnancy, my big craving was vegemite sandwiches (or should I say "sanga's' ;) )
    It got to the point where I'd walk into work every morning and the lady in the Deli (a few shops down) would walk in with a round for me...LOL! Must've been lacking vitamin B?

    meh, it was probably all amniotic fluid and baby anyway! :p:D

    I reckon Milo was the least of your worries. At least it's got vitamins and minerals, same with the vegemite.

    My mum had a thing for rollmops (DON'T ASK **shudders**) and ice cream when I was coming along apparently. eeeewwwwww!!!

    Yeah, it would be interesting to see if there are specific things that women crave when pregnant in a cultural sense. IF cravings are specific to local cuisine.
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  • ozsmalltowngirl
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    Jeanie wrote:
    meh, it was probably all amniotic fluid and baby anyway! :p:D

    I reckon Milo was the least of your worries. At least it's got vitamins and minerals, same with the vegemite.

    My mum had a thing for rollmops (DON'T ASK **shudders**) and ice cream when I was coming along apparently. eeeewwwwww!!!

    Yeah, it would be interesting to see if there are specific things that women crave when pregnant in a cultural sense. IF cravings are specific to local cuisine.
    OMG! My hubby loooves rollmops! I must admit - I've never been able to bring myself to trying one :s

    Did your Mum eat the rollmops and icecream seperately or together? :eek:

    Interesting point re; cravings and local food :)
  • Jeanie
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    ozsmalltowngirl wrote:
    OMG! My hubby loooves rollmops! I must admit - I've never been able to bring myself to trying one

    aaaarggggghhh!!! :D Aren't they HIDEOUS looking and sounding things? I've been staring at the jars of them in the supermarket my whole life and shuddering and wishing I had the courage to try myself. I'm sure they're a huge delicacy somewhere in the world! I can't believe you even know what I'm talking about. Most people look at me completely mystified when I mention them.

    ozsmalltowngirl wrote:
    Did your Mum eat the rollmops and icecream seperately or together?

    Together! :eek: Or one straight after the other I think! GROSS!!!! :eek:

    ozsmalltowngirl wrote:
    Interesting point re; cravings and local food :)

    Yeah, I'd be really curious actually, after hearing all about that poutine stuff in that food thread I had going there a while back.
    I mean culturally each country will have it's own "junk" food or "fast" food. :)
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  • E.K
    E.K New South Wales, Australia Posts: 7,726
    I've eaten Rollmops. My friend's Polish mother used to eat them and I've tried a few. They're picked raw herring wrapped around something I think.
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  • ozsmalltowngirl
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    Jeanie wrote:
    aaaarggggghhh!!! :D Aren't they HIDEOUS looking and sounding things? I've been staring at the jars of them in the supermarket my whole life and shuddering and wishing I had the courage to try myself. I'm sure they're a huge delicacy somewhere in the world! I can't believe you even know what I'm talking about. Most people look at me completely mystified when I mention them.




    Together! :eek: Or one straight after the other I think! GROSS!!!! :eek:




    Yeah, I'd be really curious actually, after hearing all about that poutine stuff in that food thread I had going there a while back.
    I mean culturally each country will have it's own "junk" food or "fast" food. :)
    Yeah....I was shocked when I saw you post about rollmops. We have a friend that makes them all the time and I kinda assumed it was something that maybe she'd made up ....LOL!

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