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 08/15/2008 10:59:22 AM · #1
I just saw this in a trivia contest that said it's an Aussie saying. I thought it'd be interesting to see whether it's actually common:

May all you chooks turn into emus and kick your ______ down
 08/15/2008 11:01:08 AM · #2
not an Aussie, but I believe the missing word is:

May all you chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny down.

If I am correct and dunny is correct, does that make it common?

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 08/15/2008 11:14:08 AM · #3
Dunny be the word..... It's not common as I have not heard it used much but I knew the answer so I musta picked up that trivia somewhere.... might depend which part of the country you are from...
 08/15/2008 11:23:02 AM · #4
It's not too common... but I've certainly heard it... working in a bar for a few years you tend to hear these things. Dunny is indeed the word... our little slang for a toilet, mostly outdoor ones I guess... don't see too many of those anymore though.
 08/15/2008 11:27:20 AM · #5
Hey Even I have heard of the word Dunny. ;)
I saw a postcard once that had a picture of an outhouse and it said Outback Dunny
 08/15/2008 11:51:37 AM · #6
"May all your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny down."
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Chooks:

Emus:

Dunny:
08/15/2008 12:03:39 PM · #7
The proliferation of Australian words to describe an outhouse is one of those entertaining sides to the Aussie culture... My favourite at the mo is "thunder hut."
 08/15/2008 12:10:39 PM · #8
also known as a thunderbox...
 08/15/2008 12:51:49 PM · #9
Originally posted by shalrath:
also known as a thunderbox...


ah k, that whole mad max thing is finally starting to make sense now, Thunder Dome is actually a community toilet then. Explains why the scene and everyone in it looked like crap :P
 08/15/2008 03:17:20 PM · #10
08/15/2008 03:19:03 PM · #11
"Dunny" is NOT common? I must hang out with a lot of Aussie equivalents of rednecks, in that case.
 08/15/2008 03:37:54 PM · #12
Originally posted by Beetle:
"Dunny" is NOT common? I must hang out with a lot of Aussie equivalents of rednecks, in that case.


Dunny's common, but I guess the whole insult phrase isn't, so much.
I love Aussie slang, and even caught myself using a bit of it after our trip :)
 08/15/2008 05:02:51 PM · #13
Just watch out for the redbacks on the dunny seat!
 08/15/2008 09:30:41 PM · #14
Originally posted by levyj413:
I just saw this in a trivia contest that said it's an Aussie saying. I thought it'd be interesting to see whether it's actually common:

May all you chooks turn into emus and kick your ______ down


I have just been informed by another Aussie, that the correct term is sh**house!
 08/15/2008 09:37:34 PM · #15
Originally posted by Judi:
Originally posted by levyj413:
I just saw this in a trivia contest that said it's an Aussie saying. I thought it'd be interesting to see whether it's actually common:

May all you chooks turn into emus and kick your ______ down


I have just been informed by another Aussie, that the correct term is sh**house!

Strewth!
 08/15/2008 11:55:54 PM · #16
Interesting search results :)
 08/15/2008 11:56:37 PM · #17
Originally posted by Judi:
Just watch out for the redbacks on the dunny seat!


I'm not sure if I'd be more afraid of an Aussie redback or an Aussie redneck!
 08/16/2008 12:48:45 AM · #18
Originally posted by Judi:
Just watch out for the redbacks on the dunny seat!


Do baseball players hang out in other people's outhouses in Australia?
 08/16/2008 12:53:38 AM · #19
Maybe they go in to practice handling their balls?
Sheesh, get your minds out of the gutters, folks... or outhouses, as the case may be.
 08/16/2008 01:08:00 AM · #20
Originally posted by levyj413:
Originally posted by Judi:
Just watch out for the redbacks on the dunny seat!


Do baseball players hang out in other people's outhouses in Australia?


Ahem...even Wedding Parties get together in the dunny!




08/16/2008 10:48:07 PM · #21
Yep, there's the redneck on the dunny seat :)
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