The Fat Bangs

Ok, I know it has taken me a few days to get this one happening but I have been out and about in true Karli style and simply paid it off.  I promise that won't happen again.  Hee hee.

Now I would like to have a chat about how Team Aussie and Team USA are two countries separated by a common language (thanks Mrs C).

For example, the other day I went to the hairdresser with a red hot rocking style in mind and I say to my fabulous hairdresser "I think it's time for a big fringe".  Now firstly she looks at me with a Team USA smile but also like I am a complete idiot and then hands me a hair magazine and asks me to point!  What the? Eventually after pointing and flicking, many many hand gestures and a teeny bit of translation she announces "Oh you want fat bangs!" ????

But it doesn't stop there. I was at a dinner party a couple of weeks ago when someone asks me in the middle of a perfectly civilised conversation about baseball, "Karli, who do you root for?"  After spraying Team USA with a mouthful of Yellowtail  (a rather disgusting Team Aussie wine with a giant kangaroo printed on the front - wine of choice over here) and thinking how I had received a very stern pep talk from Shano about not being tooooooo over personal and crass,  I reply rather sheepishly, "Well, usually my husband - why are you offering?"  Awkward!!!

Also, I simply can't even begin to express my horror when someone told me they "fell on their fanny and now it was throbbing", the other day at another get together!  And here I was feeling anxious about my inevitable Team Aussie ability to shame anyone and everyone in the room with a simple story about vomit.  I had no idea I was going to fit in so easily - apparently I am amongst kindred spirits!!!

Soooo, if any of you have any stories or advice, or perhaps a simple "heads up", on what other kind of awkward yet amusing scenarios I might encounter I would very much appreciate it.

Shano is sitting behind me rolling his eyes and sighing his "Oh Crap" sigh as I type and I as I give him the bird in return, I would like to also ask your opinion on something....

.....is it too extravagant to buy a a BMW Roadster simply because they are sooo cheap over here or should I stick with a sensible car so it won't be mistaken as being too obnoxious and therefore rammed with a trolley in the Walmart carpark?  Thoughts.

xxxx