# Don’t. Call. Me. Sweetie. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 5, 2002, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-call-me-sweetie/127086 "2002-09-05T04:24:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-call-me-sweetie/127086/21 "2002-09-05T09:28:54Z")
My Aussie slang is not top notch, but [this](http://www.caravanning-online.co.uk/images/caravan.gif) is what I’d consider a caravan. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-call-me-sweetie/127086/22 "2002-09-05T14:23:22Z")
Ah! An opportunity to tell my “sweetie” story! An engineer I work with, but who is not my boss, said “Thank you, sweetie” to me once. I looked at him incredulously, and said nicely, “Don’t call me sweetie.” He proceeded to tell me how that isn’t a bad thing, that’s what he calls his dog!!! I just about fell out of my chair. Clueless twit. ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-call-me-sweetie/127086/23 "2002-09-05T15:05:37Z")
May **I** call you sweetie, you babelicious standard-by-which-Australian-beauty-is-judged? ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-call-me-sweetie/127086/24 "2002-09-05T16:21:53Z")
What the hell’s a yabbie pump? ---
**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-call-me-sweetie/127086/25 "2002-09-05T22:59:51Z")
Aww, don’t be that way, my **sweet baboo.** /Sprints and dives into ditch for cover/ ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-call-me-sweetie/127086/26 "2002-09-06T00:47:55Z")
**Dolores** thats exactly what I mean! and come to think of it I call my dog sweetie. Our [caravan shows](http://www.caravanshows.com/) are something like what is linked in this site - but in Australia not the UK. and **Res** call me what you like as long as you call me 🙂 _oh no wait I’m married now, musn’t flirt with guys on message boards any more - old habits die so hard…_ ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-call-me-sweetie/127086/27 "2002-09-06T02:17:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by essvee \* > \*\*What the hell’s a yabbie pump? \*\* It’s a pump that you use for yabbies. Dummy. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-call-me-sweetie/127086/28 "2002-09-06T02:51:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Princhester \* > \*\* > > It’s a pump that you use for yabbies. Dummy. \*\* To give their ‘pooper-valve’ an enema before you eat them…😃 ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-call-me-sweetie/127086/29 "2002-09-06T02:57:50Z")
_Hurry up_ kambuckta! I’m _busting_. I can _hear_ you typing on your laptop in there, you know. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-call-me-sweetie/127086/30 "2002-09-06T03:20:35Z")
Geez, Prinny…hold on a tick will ya? It’s a bloody hard job getting this pump up a yabbie’s arse ya know. And there’s a whole kero tin full of the writhing little bastards to do. \*kambuckta whistles and runs the tap to spite Princhester as she carries out this onerous task. ;j ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-call-me-sweetie/127086/31 "2002-09-06T05:36:31Z")
Good. Heavens. Isn’t there a forum for degenerating-into-surrealism Aussie flirt threads yet? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-call-me-sweetie/127086/32 "2002-09-06T05:59:25Z")
Yes. It’s called Ozdope. However, we find that by running such threads here, we annoy more 'Merkins. And we like that. ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-call-me-sweetie/127086/33 "2002-09-06T06:22:57Z")
leechbabe… This sleeze is probably also the person who stole your pen. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-call-me-sweetie/127086/34 "2002-09-06T06:27:09Z")
Well actually in that other thread, _lots_ of people have owned up to having Leechbabe’s pen. It’s a bit of a slut of a pen, really. It’s been around, if you know what I mean. The real question is, if it turns up tomorrow begging for forgiveness, Leechbabe, will you be taking it back? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-call-me-sweetie/127086/35 "2002-09-06T06:45:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Princhester \* > \*\*Yes. It’s called Ozdope. However, we find that by running such threads here, we annoy more 'Merkins. And we like that. \*\* Fair enough. Got a URL, or do I need my ISP to be based down under to access it? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-call-me-sweetie/127086/36 "2002-09-06T06:51:20Z")
Actually it’s called [G’Dope](http://pub31.ezboard.com/bgdope). And be warned, the popups are like mozzies in a mangrove swamp. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-call-me-sweetie/127086/37 "2002-09-06T06:57:45Z")
[http://www4.tpgi.com.au/brownlee/](http://www4.tpgi.com.au/brownlee/) But we call it G’Dope, not OZdope thankyou Princhester! ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-call-me-sweetie/127086/38 "2002-09-06T06:58:56Z")
Sorry! Blame the rodents! ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-call-me-sweetie/127086/39 "2002-09-06T07:38:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Princhester \* > \*\*Well actually in that other thread, _lots_ of people have owned up to having Leechbabe’s pen. It’s a bit of a slut of a pen, really. It’s been around, if you know what I mean. The real question is, if it turns up tomorrow begging for forgiveness, Leechbabe, will you be taking it back? \*\* You’re right on the nail with that prediction **Princhester** but I don’t blame my pen for running away so I’ve reprimanded it and the calculator (that slutty bitch) has been banned to the deepest depths of my “gizmo’s and bit’sa stuff” drawer. My pen has been washed in holy water in case any evil calculator germs remained on it and we have now reconciled completely [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-call-me-sweetie/127086.md?page=1)