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Old 17 October 2014, 09:21 AM   #1
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Rural Australian Computer Terminology

A little bit of Aussie Kulcha.....


LOG ON: Adding wood to make the barbie hotter.
LOG OFF: Not adding any more wood to the barbie.
MONITOR: Keeping an eye on the barbie.
DOWNLOAD: Getting the firewood off the Ute.
HARD DRIVE: Making the trip back home without any cold tinnies.
KEYBOARD: Where you hang the Ute keys.
WINDOW: What you shut when the weather's cold.
SCREEN: What you shut in the mozzie season.
BYTE: What mozzies do.
MEGABYTE: What Townsville mozzies do..
CHIP: A bar snack.
MICROCHIP: What's left in the bag after you've eaten the chips.
MODEM: What you did to the lawns.
LAPTOP: Where the cat sleeps..
SOFTWARE: Plastic knives & forks you get at Red Rooster.
HARDWARE: Stainless steel knives & forks - from K-Mart.
MOUSE: The small rodent that eats the grain in the shed.
MAINFRAME: What holds the shed up.
WEB: What spiders make.
WEBSITE: Usually in the shed or under the verandah.
SEARCH ENGINE: What you do when the Ute won't go.
CURSOR: What you say when the Ute won't go.
YAHOO: What you say when the Ute does go.
UPGRADE: A steep hill.
SERVER: The person at the pub who brings out the counter lunch.
MAIL SERVER: The bloke at the pub who brings out the counter-lunch.
USER: The neighbour who keeps borrowing things.
NETWORK: What you do when you need to repair the fishing net.
INTERNET: Where you want the fish to go.
NETSCAPE: What the fish do when they discover the hole in the net.
ONLINE: Where you hang the washing.
OFFLINE: Where the washing ends up when the pegs aren't strong enough
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Old 17 October 2014, 12:02 PM   #2
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Old 18 October 2014, 09:17 PM   #3
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Old 22 October 2014, 09:11 PM   #4
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Old 22 October 2014, 09:15 PM   #5
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Old 22 October 2014, 09:22 PM   #6
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Hilarious. Someday Aussies and Brits will learn to speak real American English, the way it is meant to be spoken
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Old 23 October 2014, 02:22 AM   #7
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Hilarious. Someday Aussies and Brits will learn to speak real American English, the way it is meant to be spoken
Huh?!? Whaddya moin?
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Old 23 October 2014, 02:59 PM   #8
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Old 23 October 2014, 06:25 PM   #9
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Old 25 October 2014, 02:15 PM   #10
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Old 19 November 2014, 08:11 PM   #11
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Old 19 November 2014, 10:12 PM   #12
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Oh we're rooting for you alright!!!
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