Where's the humor on here?

Yep an Australian Stockman or Drover is the equivalent of the American Cowboy, correct, the "ringer" generally in the main, and more common, refers to the Shearers, but can refer to the leading hand among the Stockmen. - However it is more common to call the lead stockman simply - "head stockman" or ''boss'', on the trail.

 

LOL In the UK a Ringer is a Scallywag (Thief Rogue in car crime or Horse racing a horse that looks like a favorite but is not and Loses)

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1. ringer
   ˈrɪŋə/
   noun
   1. 1.
      informal
      an athlete or horse fraudulently substituted for another in a competition or event.
      "it was discovered that the winning horse was a ringer"
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   2. 2.
      informal
      a person or thing that looks very like another.
      "he is a dead ringer for his late papa
   3. A car that looks like the real thing but has been Altered

Just saying

JP OK I'll take a hike

 

And, of course there is always "being put through the wringer" when arrested and interrogated by the Police....

...this refers to the old style washing machines that had the two rubber rings on top called the "wringer" that wrung out the clothes after washing, to get the water out before hanging up to dry. There was a handle that was used to turn the wringers.

 

I remember them well but in the UK they were called "Mangles"
Whatever, Nostalgia at it's best

JP

 

Yep, they are the ones, and here is another version, a more modern, up-market product. - lol -

 

Ok aussies were did the saying DUCKS ON THE POND come from and what dose it meam ?

 

Wow, that one goes waaaaay back to the early days. Blokes said that when women were approaching which was a warning sign to stop the bad language. Probably at 2 up games, in Pubs, the shearing shed, and at the horse races I imagine.

 

Adds a new outlook on the Word "Stuffed" as no doubt he/she may well be after the baker had dealt with Him/Her

Morning All
JP