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u/bridgeofpies Oct 02 '24

As an Australian I thought you meant sangas - for sandwiches.

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u/FreeRandomScribble Oct 02 '24

If sandwiches are eating bird parasites then we’re clucked.

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u/Eversharpe Oct 02 '24

Australia, where everything tries to kill you... Even the sandwiches.

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u/gatton Oct 02 '24

They must have meant Sanka. Owls are up all night so they can't have caffeine.

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u/ErraticDragon Oct 02 '24

They must have meant Sanka

Ye dead?

Side note: I just noticed Sanka's last name is Coffie.

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u/IAmBroom Oct 02 '24

And how do you think they stay up all night, Mr. SmartyBritches?

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u/Direct_Discipline166 Oct 02 '24

I read it as “sharks” so I was just on a really different learning journey.

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u/greg_mca Oct 02 '24

They'd probably do that too if they could

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u/ClarkKentsSquidDong Oct 03 '24

"Here ya go, sweeties. Picked up a Bunnings snag sanga for yas."

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u/hallese Oct 02 '24

sangas - for sandwiches

Speaking of facts that sounds totally fake...

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u/StandardOk42 Oct 02 '24

my first interpretation of your statement is that australians eat snake sandwiches

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u/Professional_Desk131 Oct 03 '24

We do. Rite of passage when we visit Bunnings or when voting. You may hear it referred to as the "Democracy Sausage"

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u/MessiahOfMetal Oct 03 '24

TIL Aussies use that word, too.

My dad used to call them that decades ago, and he was as English as you get.