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IronBear -> DUNNY/DUNNIES The Aussie Icon.. (3/14/2006 5:49:30 AM)
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I replied to a question in another thread abd figured that my reply was probably going to hijack the thread soo Ive started this thread on Dunnies to deal with this most serious matter...... (Just for all you tourists and those who will end up visiting the land of Aussie (Filled with killer kangaroos, sexually frustrated wambats, cockroach arse kicking cane toads ~ Gives the figer and grins to the New South Welshmen ~ drop bears and other wounderous creatures as well as pubs and oube and well....pubs errr um well yers.. There is a bit of a coat hanger over a piece ofpretty water somewhere in Sydnety too.... Now I can do you a good deal for that bridge and toss in an opera house as well .....)
Toiilets in Aussie are called Dunnies and the appropriate paper is also called Dunny Paper too.. We have a whole sub cultute of dunny humour too. Secondary use for dunny paper is to decorate the bridal car after a wedding, when pissed of, use multiple rolls and wrap parking meters and from an SCA point of view, when attached to a rattan haft and the unused roll is duct taped, it makes an awesome mace.... Out back dunnies are usually situated at the far end of the home paddock and is reached by a bicycle with solid rubber tires and one need to check for snakes, goannas and red back spiders (under the seat). It is an excellent place to sit, read the paper or a book and just meditate but may be prone to demolition with a D8 Dozer or a stick of gelignite by some pissed off drunk. Some country pubs have a dunny on the building roof but drunks re warned to go to enclosed dunny and not what just looks like one in the open as that is really the air duct for the ceiling fans and the miss use of such may result in the clearing of the public bar and repainting of it in a brownish colour............................
Originally the out back dunny had a wooden bench seat with a hole and a 5 gallon (I think) can with a removable lid. In the town the “Night Man” used to come once a week to remove the filled dunny can and replace it with an empty one. His mode of transport was a horse drawn card and I remember we as kids used to greet him with the refrain of “Sweet violets.. Sweeter than the roses…”. In the country, the farmers would dig a hole and empty the cans themselves.. There used to be much “Dunny Law” but over time I’ve forgotten most of it… Still it an important part of the changing history of my country.
On a similar note, I remember engineers from the Royal Australian Engineering Corps drilling dunny holes for a battalion bivouac in Malaysia. At the end of the exercise, they laid explosive charges and blew the holes up to fill them in.. Unfortunately, the holes were drilled at an angle of 45 degrees and aimed at an Airbase nearby… Yep you guessed it the shit banded over the air base…. Lots of shitty RAAFies wandering about …….
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