I love the laconic expressions that seem to ,only, come from those true blue Australians of the Outback and in a more varied localized variety from folk of the cities.
A typical example is asking someone if they "Have lived here all their life" and they answer "Not yet".
I once said to a Gunnedah farmer, after a good fall of rain, "You would be happy now with all that recent rain". His reply brought me down to earth. "It only rained rain, it didn't rain grass".
Probably the best I have heard is a bloke in a pub, trying to get a free beer who accosted a new customer with a overly pleasant greeting, and said, "Are you staying for a beer, Mate".
The bloke said "Yeah, I might have time for a couple".
"Good" says the bar fly "Make mine a schooner".
With that the bloke looked at his watch and hurriedly came up with: "I just forgot, I've gotta been down town in a couple of minutes,I'll catch up with you later", and off he went.
The usual disappointed look befell the hapless cadger as he sadly said, "I've know that bloke for forty years, and he ain't changed. He is that tight that if he cut you a slice of bread there would only be one side in it".
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