My 73 year old mother in law sent me some Australian Computer humour which I thought worthy of sharing around - not so much for the humour but for the fact that she was thinking of me with a twinkle in her eye at the time:
Australian Computer Terminology
| LOG ON: | Adding wood to make the barbie hotter. |
| LOG OFF: | Not adding any more wood to the barbie. |
| MONITOR: | Keeping an eye on the barbie. |
| DOWNLOAD: | Getting the firewood off the Ute. |
| HARD DRIVE: | Making the trip back home without any cold tinnies. |
| KEYBOARD: | Where you hang the Ute keys. |
| WINDOW: | What you shut when the weather's cold. |
| SCREEN: | What you shut in the mozzie season. |
| BYTE: | What mozzies do. |
| MEGABYTE: | What Townsville mozzies do. |
| CHIP: | A bar snack. |
| MICROCHIP: | What's left in the bag after you've eaten the chips. |
| MODEM: | What you did to the lawns. |
| LAPTOP: | Where the cat sleeps. |
| SOFTWARE: | Plastic knives & forks you get at Red Rooster. |
| HARDWARE: | Stainless steel knives & forks - from K-Mart. |
| MOUSE: | The small rodent that eats the grain in the shed. |
| MAINFRAME: | What holds the shed up. |
| WEB: | What spiders make. |
| WEBSITE: | Usually in the shed or under the verandah. |
| SEARCH ENGINE: | What you do when the Ute won't go. |
| CURSOR: | What you say when the Ute won't go. |
| YAHOO: | What you say when the Ute does go. |
| UPGRADE: | A steep hill. |
| SERVER: | The person at the pub who brings out the counter lunch. |
| MAIL SERVER: | The bloke at the pub who brings out the counter lunch. |
| USER: | The neighbour who keeps borrowing things. |
| NETWORK: | What you do when you need to repair the fishing net. |
| INTERNET: | Where you want the fish to go. |
| NETSCAPE: | What the fish do when they discover the hole in the net. |
| ONLINE: | Where you hang the washing. |
| OFFLINE: | Where the washing ends up when the pegs aren't strong enough. |
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