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Old 03-09-2011, 08:07   #279
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Re: Old local expressions

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington View Post
I was once in a Mall in Knox City(just outside Melbourne)........my niece was with me but in a different part of the shop we were looking in...she shouted 'Marg...where are you?'
I said 'I'm just rootin' round in this bin full of underwear'(cheap bra's knickers camisoles)...she came out of nowhwere and told me that I could't say that...and then whispered what it meant over there. I blushed!
As they say over there 'you can beat an egg, but you can't beat a root'.

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I know it's a wander; but it seems apt. My best friend's daughter manages the local store. She told me once that Australian tourists spend a fortune on their products.
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