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He's 25 - She's 84! It's not what you think
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 147789" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>On the 'brief' subject of Speedos (sorry - bad pun) I just thought I'd share a bit of Aussie lingo with you.</p><p></p><p>First, some background - </p><p>We have a lot of members of the parrot family in Australia as well as very strict laws on their exportation. it's highly likely that most Aussie birds you see in private collections were originally sourced through smuggling - people would anaesthetise the creatures and stuff them into the most appallingly tiny spaces. Birds and lizards can be found stuffed into socks, for example. I've seen a system where a bloke modified a coat so he could hang drugged parrots in little bags inside his coat. Most die in transit but the the that make it get sold for megabucks to collectors who don't seem to notice the traffic in sometimes endangered species.</p><p></p><p>We have a pet small parrot called a budgerigar, it's about the size of a canary. They mostly live to the north, places like Kakadu. A budgerigar is commonly called "budgie" for short (I can hear ours chirping in the bathroom as I type this - she has free run of the house during the day and prefers our bathroom because it's sunny).</p><p></p><p>So, picture this - Attractive sun-bronzed young Aussie male, wearing tight Speedos - is it any wonder we call them "budgie smugglers"?</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 147789, member: 1991"] On the 'brief' subject of Speedos (sorry - bad pun) I just thought I'd share a bit of Aussie lingo with you. First, some background - We have a lot of members of the parrot family in Australia as well as very strict laws on their exportation. it's highly likely that most Aussie birds you see in private collections were originally sourced through smuggling - people would anaesthetise the creatures and stuff them into the most appallingly tiny spaces. Birds and lizards can be found stuffed into socks, for example. I've seen a system where a bloke modified a coat so he could hang drugged parrots in little bags inside his coat. Most die in transit but the the that make it get sold for megabucks to collectors who don't seem to notice the traffic in sometimes endangered species. We have a pet small parrot called a budgerigar, it's about the size of a canary. They mostly live to the north, places like Kakadu. A budgerigar is commonly called "budgie" for short (I can hear ours chirping in the bathroom as I type this - she has free run of the house during the day and prefers our bathroom because it's sunny). So, picture this - Attractive sun-bronzed young Aussie male, wearing tight Speedos - is it any wonder we call them "budgie smugglers"? Marg [/QUOTE]
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