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Aussie Jingle Bells (w/ English Translations)

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by wjtracy, Dec 14, 2017.

  1. wjtracy

    wjtracy Senior Member

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    Aussie Jingle Bells


    Dashing through the bush, in a rusty Holden ute [SUV?],
    Kicking up the dust, esky [thermal cooler-box] in the boot [trunk],
    Kelpie [an Australian sheep herding dog breed] by my side, singing Christmas songs,
    It's Summer time and I am in my singlet [undershirt], shorts and thongs [sandals]

    Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way,
    Christmas in Australia on a scorching summers day, Hey!
    Jingle bells, jingle bells, Christmas time is beaut!,
    Oh what fun it is to ride in a rusty Holden ute [<10 MPG].

    >>Season's Greetings!!
     
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    It's a pick-up truck. Holden (GM) and Ford both made utes in Australia until this year, when all car production was shut down.

    Most were car-based pick-ups, rather than off-roaders: this is the last of the Holden utes. The HSV Maloo was not the most practical vehicle, but if you needed to get a fridge, a sofa and a coffee table from 0-60mph in 4.5 seconds, this was the way to do it.

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    But the kind of rusty Holden ute they're thinking of would be something like this.

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    My wife's Australian friend had a Swedish girlfriend who had grown up learning British English.

    He found a massive spider in the bathroom, and needed to kill it. "Quick!" he said to his girlfriend. "Pass me your thong!" When she still hadn't done it after a few seconds, he turned round to find her stepping out of her underwear and looking a bit confused.
     
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    There is one classic Australian Christmas song. But it's so NSFW that I probably shouldn't post it here.
     
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    I think that is second telling of the thong story. Not taking those aluminium-based antacids from China, are you hkmb?
     
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    It can be hard to remember all of my hilarious stories.

    I blame it on the fact that I have very Trumpian fluid intake.
     
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    When your memory is as iffy as mine, repetition of an old joke isn't so obvious!:ROFLMAO: