Heath Grabs Weenies (pictures!)

[sparkle_motion]

Just joking about the pictures.
Here's a story I just read:

LEDGER SHOCKS TV HOST WITH TALK OF GRABBING 'WEENIES'

HEATH LEDGER shocked American audiences by talking about grabbing "weenies" with his male buddies whilst wearing "thongs".

The Australian actor, 25, stunned host REGIS PHILBIN with his Antipodean colloquialisms for having a hot dog while sporting flip-flops as he detailed the way he bonds with his male pals over Christmas.

Ledger says, "I was promoting my film on the REGIS AND KATHIE LEE SHOW. Regis asked me what I did Down Under for Christmas fun, so I told him that me and my mates liked to put on our thongs and grab weenies and look at the world go by, and that was our perfect way to male-bond. The whole audience just went silent, and Regis was all frantic gesturing for a commercial break. At the break, I explained that in Australia, Christmas is our summer and thongs are flip-flops, not G-strings, and I meant putting hot dogs (weenies) on the barbie (barbeque)."

[David]

OMG!   that is too funny!    I can just imagine the look on Regis's face!! 

And of course,  Heath being as self conscious and nervous as he is, was probably horrified later that it was taken wrong!   

[vkm91941]

I love Heath!  That story is priceless   

[EnnisDelMar]

OMG ROFL!! That is classic! 

[delalluvia]

 

[RouxB]

Poor Heath! Can't you just feel the trauma?!

 

[cmr107]

LOL! Thanks Sparkle, that's great! (Mean to tease us with promises of pictures though!  )

[Ellemeno]

On the Conan show, the one where he played the didgeridoo, he said something I just love for its Aussieness, and replay in my mind (and on my TiVo).  Conan was asking about Christmas being celebrated in Australia in the summer, and Heath said something about, "Yeah, there we are sweating in 40 degree heat in our flip flops and singlets, flipping steaks on the barbeque."  (I think a singlet is a tank undershirt.)  Having travelled in Europe, I know that 40 Celsius is really hot, but as an American who thinks in Fahrenheit, that is such a funny mix of a sentence for me.

[Ray]

Just joking about the pictures.
Here's a story I just read:

LEDGER SHOCKS TV HOST WITH TALK OF GRABBING 'WEENIES'

HEATH LEDGER shocked American audiences by talking about grabbing "weenies" with his male buddies whilst wearing "thongs".

The Australian actor, 25, stunned host REGIS PHILBIN with his Antipodean colloquialisms for having a hot dog while sporting flip-flops as he detailed the way he bonds with his male pals over Christmas.

Ledger says, "I was promoting my film on the REGIS AND KATHIE LEE SHOW. Regis asked me what I did Down Under for Christmas fun, so I told him that me and my mates liked to put on our thongs and grab weenies and look at the world go by, and that was our perfect way to male-bond. The whole audience just went silent, and Regis was all frantic gesturing for a commercial break. At the break, I explained that in Australia, Christmas is our summer and thongs are flip-flops, not G-strings, and I meant putting hot dogs (weenies) on the barbie (barbeque)."

Hahahaha, I can just imagine the poor buggar squirm his head off at the stunned silence.

[Shuggy]

(I think a singlet is a tank undershirt.)

Not sure. It's an undershirt with no sleeves, the fabric narrows to go over the shoulders as straps; is that "tank"? Black ones are a NZ icon for farm workers.
What Heath calls "thongs" we in New Zealand call Jandals (and in Solomon Islands we called "slipa").

[Ellemeno]

(I think a singlet is a tank undershirt.)

Not sure. It's an undershirt with no sleeves, the fabric narrows to go over the shoulders as straps; is that "tank"?

Yes, good description.

[David]

(I think a singlet is a tank undershirt.)
Not sure. It's an undershirt with no sleeves, the fabric narrows to go over the shoulders as straps; is that "tank"?

A tank top?   Here we call those "Wife Beaters".   Especially if they are white tank tops undershirts.      I think the saying goes back to those old black and white movies where the blue collar, alcoholic, abusive husband wore them.   

I think there are few pics of Jake wearing one during rehersal for the rodeo scenes.

[Aussie Chris]

Hellooooo - Full blooded Aussie here, happy to translate for you!  A singlet is indeed an undershirt, but can also be worn on its own where temperatures are high.  Although they look the same as a tank top, they are technically underwear.  Our lovely and hunky model and former tennis champion Patrick Rafter is here to show you just how stunning they can be (see pic).

40 degrees Celsius is the same as 104 degrees Fahrenheit - when are you imperialists going to get metric already???  Yes, thongs are what you call flip-flops.  Actually we invented the bloody things so I think we can call them whatever we want.  "Flip-flop" sounds silly to me.  As for "weenies", that must be a Perth (Western Australia) thing because that's not something that the rest of us say.  We use "snag", "sausage", or "banger" (there's probably more though).

And you know I'd never heard the word "antipodean" until I became a Brokie?  It means diametrically opposed, which means that I could also use it to mean American (anyone got a globe handy).  So that's nice isn't it?  We're all "antipodean" from some where else on the planet.

Any more colloquialisms you come across, I'd be happy to oblige.