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How long has there been an Aussie owners forum?

Discussion in 'Local Prius Club Main Forum' started by patsparks, Nov 6, 2009.

  1. patsparks

    patsparks An Aussie perspective

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    Why wasn't I told?
     
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    qbee42 My other car is a boat

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    Once we get all of you Aussie owners in one forum, we're going to seal it up put it in storage alongside the Ark of the Covenant in that big government warehouse.

    Tom
     
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  3. patsparks

    patsparks An Aussie perspective

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    That's the ticket sport, gord blimey stone the crows lad!
     
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    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    lol
     
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    The odd part is that for some reason, 2 out of the 3 threads (not counting this thread) in the Aussie forum have been disappeared.

    Among the disappeared was the largest thread which, IIRC, was the meet and greet, all-purpose Aussie thread.

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    BTW, is the GEICO gecko's accent British or Australian?
     
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    patsparks An Aussie perspective

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    Sorry Tom, not sure, what was the question again?
     
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    GEICO (large auto insurer in the US) has a gecko (I previously misspelled it) spokesperson in its commercials:



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    In the latest GEICO gecko commercial, the question is raised whether the gecko is British or Australian.
     
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    patsparks An Aussie perspective

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    they climb the walls.
    I have seen them around here, even in my own bedroom but they are more common in the east.

    But why does he have an english accent?
     
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    hyo silver Awaaaaay

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    C'mon, Pat, aren't some things better left for people to discover on their own? :)

    Are you saying the gecko is uniquely Australian? I thought they lived in warm climates all over. The last one I spoke with sounded more Californian than Cockney. ;)
     
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    I don't know where else they live, I just know they live here. Just because I haven't seen them anywhere else doesn't mean they don't live anywhere else.

    Well they don't live in bloody England then, do they? :confused:

    I once saw a heap of green frogs in a toilet bowl in Queensland, but I think they live other places too.
     
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    And I thought it was just a spoof on The Simpsons lol
     
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    I wonder whether he is related to the Bridgestone Tyres gecko that we have here in Australia? However, this one does not talk - just gets into the picture.
     

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    Geckos are small to average sized lizards belonging to the family Gekkonidae, found in warm climates throughout the world.
    From Wiki
    Looks like you wont find too many in England. So tell me, why does he have a pommy accent?
     
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    The southern coast of England is surprisingly warm. The Gulf Stream keeps that part of the world much warmer than it would be otherwise.

    Tom
     
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    Only warm from the perspective of someone who lives in a freezer.
    It was 39 C here today, that is a tad warm. Temps will hit the high 30s all week this week.
     
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    Good point. Our temp is 28 right now, so it's almost as warm. It doesn't really matter that we use different scales, does it? :rolleyes:

    Getting back to England, many people are surprised to find palm trees growing in southern England. The English make a big deal about it. What they don't tell you is that the palms in England came from the Himalaya mountains and are anything but tropical in nature.

    Tom
     
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