In Reply to: Wrecking cars in Bali posted by Brookesy on Thursday, 26. August 1999 at 07:45 Bali Time:
Yeah! Us Aussies are A Weird Mob.
We try to say 'terimah kasih' ever so politely and the next poor bunny thinks we are telling him to dismantle the car!!
Must be the accent - can't imagine it coming out right in a southern (US) drawl or a Liverpudlian accent let alone Scots, German or any other.
Funny I just can't get the image of a real 'paddock basher' out of my mind - (that's Aussie for an old unroadworthy car)