The Dunny

[AlexS]

The dunny can man also had an effect on the vernacular. When I was a kid in Hamilton, ( Western Victoria), back in the day, the saying to describe anything that had been squashed flat
was- "as flat as a sh....carter's hat"!!

Cheers, Redbog

Yep, thats an oldie, a very good rhyme to use in the middle of a limerick.
As in:
Her bits were as flat
As a shirtcarter's hat

[Christos]

We didn't have newspaper squares, we used the pink pages, 'cause we didn't have a phone. Who remembers the pink pages?
Remember having black hands and a black bum from the newsprint .

I guessing your younger days you were very flexibly. I never been able to twist that far.