...bumped into this 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!!
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. But the kind of rusty Holden ute they're thinking of would be something like this. 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.
There is one classic Australian Christmas song. But it's so NSFW that I probably shouldn't post it here.
I think that is second telling of the thong story. Not taking those aluminium-based antacids from China, are you hkmb?
It can be hard to remember all of my hilarious stories. I blame it on the fact that I have very Trumpian fluid intake.
