Just don't count it as bottom time ...Originally Posted by Al Mialkovsky
Something wrong with scratching your bottom???
Just don't count it as bottom time ...Something wrong with scratching your bottom???
It actually should count towards wreck diving.....Just don't count it as bottom time ...
You guys crack me up
Maybe it's not an international phrase???? A Bottom Scratcher is someone who dives in rivers or rivermouths etc looking for neat stuff on the bottom like antiques or something...
Of course the other type of Bottom Scratcher...
Last edited by Azza; 01-04-2007 at 06:47 PM.
Bottom scratcher is not a term familiar in the U.S.
But then again, the name on the cereal box in the U.S is "Rice Crispies" whereas in Austalia it is Rice Bubble, and we don't have Vegemite. We call them vans, in the UK they might be called a lory, and in Australia I think the term is canby. We call it an electrical exstension cord versus "flex" in the UK, and the fish we call a "grouper" is called a "groper" in Australia, whereas a groper in the U.S. is some man or woman who likes to cop a feel off strangers, but I will guess "cop a feel" is strictly an American term.
I love geographical diversity. It be very interesting
Gotta love the english language. None of us could master it so we changed it to suit and then confused the hell out of everyone else that spoke it or tried to learn it. We do have Rice Bubble and Vegimite(you gotta try it at least once in your life). Ive never heard of a canby? but we have heaps of vans. Trucks arent utes tractors are driven by farmers.
We do have gropers both underwater and the male variety that cop a feel.
We also have words that arent rude but offend a lot of people that dont know the Aussie meaning.
Matt
Women can be gropers too!
We heard the term "Canby" from the oz music group "Men without Hats" singing the lyrics : "Travelin' in a fried out canby...:
That would be "Men at Work" and the line would be"Travelling in a fried out Combie"
A combie is a type of van that hippies and travellers love to travel in. They are a kiwi and australian icon! Many many people have chugged a bong load in one of these baby's!
Here is one
The only problem with the aussie lingo is that they abbreviate virtually everything...For example : stubby, stubby holder, chrissie, pressie, snaggers, barbie, whizz-banger.
Lottie
How about we just leave everything the way it is and move on to something else.
Does it really matter what is says under you name? If it does let mine say "D%@K Head", because I can act like one at times.
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