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Old 30-01-11, 03:42
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Just came across this one - a few of these are actually true.

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Such as this one...

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10. It's not summer until the steering wheel is too hot to hold.
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Old 01-02-11, 03:12
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Hmmm.
Fragments of This List from one of my favourite authors (even if he is a socialist ABC journo)
I like this one:
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31. You understand that "you" has a plural and that it's "youse".
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Old 01-02-11, 09:45
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I have never been a big fan of list like these,

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Old 01-02-11, 10:17
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Hmmm.
Hmmm indeed! As a non-Aussie I don't geddit. Except for this one, which has already been beaten to death on this forum:
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19. You believe that cooked-down axlegrease makes a good breakfast spread.
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