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Aussie Travelling in America
She’ll be right, mate!
Random Word Drabble Challenge Twisted September #267
Today’s drabble word is: quintessential
Introductory sentence is: The closest Walmart was eighty miles away.
The closest Walmart was eighty miles away, I was told.
Whatever. The statistic meant nothing.
As a quintessential Australian, all I was looking for was a replacement tyre to get me to the airport. Quality I was unconcerned about as I’d be ditching the vehicle.
“She’ll be right with this one mate,” the mechanic said, trying to emulate a well-coined Aussie phrase. “There! Now she’s apples.”
Miles down the track the tyre suddenly blew, I lost control, and my rental veered across the motorway straight into the sign.
A warm welcome to Walmart.
“Geez … thanks for nothing, Mate!”
Note: When I first came to Australia I was very confused by the idiomatic phrases … She’ll be apples meant everything would be okay. She’ll be right meant much the same. The ‘she’ really bothered me. Still does.
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