Comments on: Christmas Comes Early to New Zealand http://www.truk.com/ramble/2005/12/24/christmas-comes-early-to-new-zealand/ truk tends to ramble on and on about stuff Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:38:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: ob1 http://www.truk.com/ramble/2005/12/24/christmas-comes-early-to-new-zealand/#comment-60 ob1 Sat, 07 Jan 2006 01:58:01 +0000 http://www.truk.com/ramble/?p=23#comment-60 Thanks to watching Crocodile Dundee I knew that tucker= food. :) Thanks to watching Crocodile Dundee I knew that tucker= food. :)

]]> By: truk http://www.truk.com/ramble/2005/12/24/christmas-comes-early-to-new-zealand/#comment-50 truk Wed, 04 Jan 2006 01:57:08 +0000 http://www.truk.com/ramble/?p=23#comment-50 "Tucker bag" or, more properly, "tucker box" refers to "a bag or box used to carry food." I think that it comes from the box that groups of people would use when they went into the bush to keep their food store together and organized. http://www.allwords.com/query.php?SearchType=3&Keyword=Tuckerbox This is some Australiasian common slang that we picked up when living in Sydney in 2001-2002. Kath's father uses it all the time now. In our case, we basically travelled around with a few bags of instant food and snacks because you never knew when you were going to wind up some where after the last store in town had closed (which, with our luck, usually happened about 5 minutes before we rolled into town). “Tucker bag” or, more properly, “tucker box” refers to “a bag or box used to carry food.” I think that it comes from the box that groups of people would use when they went into the bush to keep their food store together and organized.

http://www.allwords.com/query.php?SearchType=3&Keyword=Tuckerbox

This is some Australiasian common slang that we picked up when living in Sydney in 2001-2002. Kath’s father uses it all the time now.

In our case, we basically travelled around with a few bags of instant food and snacks because you never knew when you were going to wind up some where after the last store in town had closed (which, with our luck, usually happened about 5 minutes before we rolled into town).

]]> By: Jeff http://www.truk.com/ramble/2005/12/24/christmas-comes-early-to-new-zealand/#comment-49 Jeff Tue, 03 Jan 2006 18:22:43 +0000 http://www.truk.com/ramble/?p=23#comment-49 What's a "tucker bag" (or "tucker box")? What’s a “tucker bag” (or “tucker box”)?

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