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Although it seems a little flaky, here’s the chrysalis of “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi!” (C8) courtesy of William Galton of Hurstville Grove: “I recall reading that the origin of the bogan call sign in question is attributed to Cornish miners who came to Australia in the 1800s. ‘Oggy’ is the Cornish word for (a Cornish) pasty. The phrase was traditionally used when the miners’ wives would bake them, take them to the pit and call out, ‘Oggy, oggy, oggy,’ to announce that the pasties were ready. The miners, in acknowledgment, would respond with, ‘Oi, Oi, Oi’.”
“I was amused when ABC Radio Illawarra interviewed Sir Peter Knight,” says Peter Moran of Shell Cove. “I can’t think of a Lady Lady, a Count Count or a Baron Baron. In fact, the closest I could come was Major Major from Joseph Heller’s Catch 22.”
Brenda Kerrigan of Speers Point also takes exception to Pauline Hanson’s giant Saxa shaker (C8): “I said to my husband that I wouldn’t put that on the table when we were dining alone, let alone when being photographed by a Herald photographer! My mother would have said: ‘common as muck’.”
More trouble at the border (C8): “When travelling from Dubai to Oman on a local bus we arrived at an outpost in the middle of nowhere and were told to get off for luggage inspection,” recalls Piri Walsh of Double Bay. “They were rummaging through the bags and then it was my turn. Suddenly the official stepped back, looked a bit shocked and said, ‘Close bag.’ On top was a pair of my purple underpants, which, ever since, have been with me on all my subsequent travels.”
“Six degrees of separation?” ponders Robert Hosking of Paddington. “I believe the John Elmgreen (C8) commenting on my Travis Head post is the same JE who signed my copy of his tome The Jaguar XK in Australia, featuring my then-car on the cover!”
“Back in the day it wasn’t hats and cardigans in Volvos (C8) but the two labradors in the back seat,” reckons Daniel Low of Pymble. “And speaking of number plates, yesterday’s standout was VVV-001.”
Michael Payne of West Pymble says that “the fang of Mosman High School (C8) fame, reminded me of a national in PNG who took out his dentures to eat. When questioned he said they were his smiling teeth, not his eating teeth.”
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