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Author Topic: 17th December 2007 - a naïve but well-greased pepper mill  (Read 4169 times)

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Re: 17th December 2007 - a naïve but well-greased pepper mill
« Reply #15 on: December 20, 2007, 09:24:56 pm »
Quote from: linnea on December 20, 2007, 02:16:08 am
Do you crazy Aussies have WCs or something? Outhouses?

They just bog off the veranda.  If you live in the fancy parts, there'll be a loo.

In perusing some listings for Perth suburbs, they don't seem to use the "bath" contraction - they either write out "bathroom" for a full bath or refer to a wc (so the haf-bath terminology isn't used either).  Frequently the listings omit any reference at all in the write up. 
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Re: 17th December 2007 - a naïve but well-greased pepper mill
« Reply #16 on: December 20, 2007, 10:36:06 pm »
Quote from: jaydub on December 20, 2007, 09:24:56 pm
They just bog off the veranda.  If you live in the fancy parts, there'll be a loo.

A Loo? Well look at mister lah-dee-dah!

Seriously though, I was just confused at the requirement of 2 full bathrooms rather than 1 and a half (which in a listing around my parts normally means 1 full bathroom and one room with just a toilet and a basin or whatever, I don't know what the deal with Perth is but WA tends to have a lot of it's own terminology on account of being at the arse end of nowhere).
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Re: 17th December 2007 - a naïve but well-greased pepper mill
« Reply #17 on: December 21, 2007, 02:22:07 am »
Quote from: Doc on December 20, 2007, 10:36:06 pm
A Loo? Well look at mister lah-dee-dah!

Seriously though, I was just confused at the requirement of 2 full bathrooms rather than 1 and a half (which in a listing around my parts normally means 1 full bathroom and one room with just a toilet and a basin or whatever, I don't know what the deal with Perth is but WA tends to have a lot of it's own terminology on account of being at the arse end of nowhere).


Oh. Well, we had two bedrooms and two full bathrooms in our apartment. No half-bath/powder room malarkey there.
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Re: 17th December 2007 - a naïve but well-greased pepper mill
« Reply #18 on: December 21, 2007, 04:25:16 am »
Which goes back to my original question: What the hell was the dude doing that required an entire separate bath?
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Re: 17th December 2007 - a naïve but well-greased pepper mill
« Reply #19 on: December 21, 2007, 04:32:51 am »
The apartments I have seen/lived in would never have a half bath.  That seems like a condo/ nice apartment thing.
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Re: 17th December 2007 - a naïve but well-greased pepper mill
« Reply #20 on: December 21, 2007, 04:38:20 am »
Quote from: Doc on December 21, 2007, 04:25:16 am
Which goes back to my original question: What the hell was the dude doing that required an entire separate bath?

Let's just say that we got a biohazard placard for his bathroom.
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