Needle Noses and Fat Tyres: Saturday Pet Blogger Hop: Mezza Chrimbo!

25 December 2010

Saturday Pet Blogger Hop: Mezza Chrimbo!

One thing that I really love about Australia is their ability to give anything a nickname. Presents? Pressies. Breakfast? Brekky. Biscuits (cookies--our biscuits are scones)? Bickies or bikkies. Football (Aussie rules or rugby)? Footie.

People are no exception. My favourite nickname habit is converting all the middle-R names into double-Zs:

Barry to Bazza or Baz (Baz Luhrmann)
Darryl and Darren to Dazza/Daz
Garry to Gazza/Gaz
Kerry and Karen to Kezza and Kazza
Sharon and Shona to Shazza
Sherry and Terry to Shezza and Tezza.

Maybe you have seen this Dazza:

(My advice to you is to NOT click on the Baz and Shaz mouse thing. Trust me. Let my mistake benefit someone.)

But Larry, Blair, and Mary? No changes. I don't think that's fair. Even if it falls under "life is not fair", it's not consistent, which is illegal in some areas. C'mon. If you azza-up one, you should azza-up the others.

There are other good nicknames:

Theresa to Tesso
Kimberly and Kim (man's Kim) to Kimbo
Glen to Glenno, Rob to Robbo
Julia to Julz, Liz to Lizzle.

They're obsessed. Trust me.

Over the last few weeks, I've been making it a goal to get Australia consistent. If Barry can become Baz, then every -erry should.

So to all of you out there:

Mezza Chrimbo!

It's time to squeeze in a little hop between opening presents, looking for the receipt to take back the leather undies, and drowning out the stress of paying for it all.

The rules that make Santa Hop put you on the nice list:

Link up your pet blog name and URL using the Linky Tool below. You only need to add your link once to be seen on all the Saturday Pet Blogger Blog Hop Linky Tools for that week. Note that if your blog is not pet related your link will be removed.
Grab the “Saturday Pet Blogger Blog Hop” button at the upper left of this blog and include it in your Saturday Blog hop post so that your readers will know what is going on. *Note – posting is optional. Feel free to just link and follow.
Follow your co-hosts listed in the first 3 slots of the Linky Tool.
Follow as many other blogs on the linky as you’d like.
Take a moment to comment on the blogs telling them you’re from the blog hop.
Follow back when you get a new follower through the Saturday Pet Bloggers Blog Hop.

The little elves who are participating this week:

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Comments

You have a most creative post. Kuddos! And, I will avoid picking up stuffed toads from curio shops.

Happy Howlidays!

Posted by: Terri Jacobson | 25 December 2010 at 03:48 PM

Y'know, I got up this morning and said to myself, "It's Christmas. Where am I ever going to find my requisite dose of toad gore to start my day?"

And sure enough, I start hopping and here it is! Thank you. I don't where I would have found such disturbing images anywhere else first thing in the morning. Your sense of humor is just dangerous! : )

Have a great Christmas! I hope you get some great shots of the mob back home opening their "pressies."

Posted by: Pamela | 25 December 2010 at 10:34 PM

Terri --- or TEZZA!

The cane toad is the one animal I have no problem killing, but I put them to sleep by chilling and then freezing them. Theyve done so much damage to the indigenous critters here. Every stage is poisonous. They even kill crocodiles.

Universities have toad hunting expeditions where they collect them, kill them humanely (oxymoron, I know), and then use them in labs instead of frogs.

Posted by: Katy the Greaty | 26 December 2010 at 05:42 AM

Pamela,

Green and red--Chrissy colours. I wrote that post before I left and didnt think about when itd be published; however, if anyone has a kid who is needing entertainment--this is the video for you.

Posted by: Katy the Greaty | 26 December 2010 at 05:45 AM

I never knew Australians were famous for their nicknames. Nice to know. I'm here from the pet blogger hop, by the way. My name is Avalon (nickname: Lion) and I'm a cat actor (I starred in the horror film The Strangers Outside) and I'm also the star of my very own cat cartoon. Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Avalon Cat Cartoon | 26 December 2010 at 09:01 AM

I hope the flooding in OZ has not affected your home area, or the Mothership.

Posted by: Terri | 30 December 2010 at 06:55 AM

Happy New Year from Italy!!!!

Posted by: Black Knight | 01 January 2011 at 07:18 AM

Were on a hill and so far were fine. The dogs might be a bit wet, though. I hear that Omo is loving it. All the holes the dogs have dug are now pools for lounging.

Posted by: Katy the Greaty | 01 January 2011 at 08:57 AM