- Oct 24, 2002
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Came across this today, some are quite good 
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Computer Terminology Aussie Style
Log On: Make the barbie hotter
Log Off: Don't add any more wood
Monitor: Keeping an eye on the barbie
Download: Get the firewood off the ute
Floppy Disc: What you get lifting too much firewood at once
Window: What you shut when it's cold
Screen: What you shut in the mozzie season
Byte: What mozzies do
Bit: What mozzies did
Megabyte: What Townsville mozzies do
Chip: A bar snack
Microchip: What's left in the bag after you have eaten the chips
Modem: What you did to the lawns
Dot Matrix: Old Dan Matrix's wife
Laptop: Where the cat sleeps
Software: Plastic knives and forks you get at Big Rooster
Hardware: Real stainless steel knives and forks from KMart
Mouse: What eats the grain in the shed
Mainframe: What holds the shed up
Web: What spiders make
Web Site: The shed or under the verandah
Cursor: The old bloke that swears a lot
Search Engine: What you do when the ute won't go
Upgrade: A steep hill
Server: The person at the pub that brings out the counter lunch
Mail Server: The bloke at the pub that brings out the counter lunch
User: The neighbour who keeps borrowing things
Network: When you have to repair your fishing net
Internet: Complicated fish net repair method
Netscape: When fish maneuvers out of reach of net
Online: When you get the laundry hung out
Offline: When the pegs don't hold the washing up
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What's a "ute" ?
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Computer Terminology Aussie Style
Log On: Make the barbie hotter
Log Off: Don't add any more wood
Monitor: Keeping an eye on the barbie
Download: Get the firewood off the ute
Floppy Disc: What you get lifting too much firewood at once
Window: What you shut when it's cold
Screen: What you shut in the mozzie season
Byte: What mozzies do
Bit: What mozzies did
Megabyte: What Townsville mozzies do
Chip: A bar snack
Microchip: What's left in the bag after you have eaten the chips
Modem: What you did to the lawns
Dot Matrix: Old Dan Matrix's wife
Laptop: Where the cat sleeps
Software: Plastic knives and forks you get at Big Rooster
Hardware: Real stainless steel knives and forks from KMart
Mouse: What eats the grain in the shed
Mainframe: What holds the shed up
Web: What spiders make
Web Site: The shed or under the verandah
Cursor: The old bloke that swears a lot
Search Engine: What you do when the ute won't go
Upgrade: A steep hill
Server: The person at the pub that brings out the counter lunch
Mail Server: The bloke at the pub that brings out the counter lunch
User: The neighbour who keeps borrowing things
Network: When you have to repair your fishing net
Internet: Complicated fish net repair method
Netscape: When fish maneuvers out of reach of net
Online: When you get the laundry hung out
Offline: When the pegs don't hold the washing up
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What's a "ute" ?
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