Saturday, 4 August 2012

Going birko

Quick note on an old bit of aussie slang.

Basically this is a brand of water boiling electric jug. So without any thermostat to shut it off, when it boils it gets rather excited and agitated.

So it goes birko
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2 comments:

  1. Colin MacKellar21 April 2018 at 20:02

    So, nothing to do with going berserk - but gave me the flovour of it anyway.

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  2. Andrew10 March 2019 at 13:39

    Oh, the memories. We always associated the phrase 'going birko ' with these open top kettles. Heating milk drinks was an adventure.

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