Aussie sayings For Today

[Bob Pacey]

Just going on what the book says Mal and I goggled it as well.

drongo
Australian slang: A "no-hoper" or fool. Derives from a racehorse of that name in the 1920's that never one a race out of 37 starts.

Recruits to the RAAF in WWII earned the nickname "drongos".

(Nothing to do with the class of bird -- drongo)
"You've really mucked that up, ya drongo!"

Neither here or there really.

Bob

[warooa]

Yair but they woulda named the horse after the bird . . ya drongo

[Bob Pacey]

What came first ? The chicken or the EGG ???

Could have named the bird after the Horse ??


Bob

[Mal McLean]

Well 'ow about that? That ripped the fork right outa me nightie. Ya never too old to learn, are ya, even if you're a bloody half witted prawn faced mullet gutted drongo from the back blocks!



Mal

[Bob Pacey]

Frying - Pan A botched cattle brand.


Get The Big A to be dismissed; to be totally rejected.



Jimmy Woodser A person who drinks on their own in a bar; Drinks with the flies !


Bob

[Bob Pacey]

Wire Inspector Boundary Rider


Tomahawk To cut sheep while shearing or To shear roughly


Jug Handle Monkey Strap. The strap wrapped around the two "Ds" on a saddle pommel. used when a horse is bucking.



Bob