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If your house has a gas leak but it’s not too strong, she’ll be right. If your bathroom faucet is leaking but it’s a drop an hour, she’ll be right. If it’s bu
by diatone 4y ago
If your house has a gas leak but it’s not too strong, she’ll be right.
If your bathroom faucet is leaking but it’s a drop an hour, she’ll be right.
If it’s bushfire season and you haven’t prepared for your house getting burned down, but it hasn’t happened in the last five years, she’ll be right.
Cynically, it’s shirking responsibility. Optimistically, it’s playing the odds.
- bigDinosaur 4y agoI've never known anyone to leave a gas leak, and everyone I know would also get a leaking tap fixed (or do it themselves). I think you're exaggerating this aspect of Australian culture quite a bit.
- PickledHotdog 4y agoI think the exaggeration was for humorous effect
- bigDinosaur 4y agoFair enough, it's more for an international audience who might take it as a totally serious assessment of Australian culture (if they care!). Can't keep the reputation of being too relaxed forever.