Some amusing local novelties from Sydney

- Burger King is called Hungry Jacks.
- "Business hours" is know as "trading hours."
- There are on/off switches for every electrical outlet in our apartment.
- People don't just drive on the left side, but they walk on the left side. On the escalator you stand on the left side and pass on the right side.
- They sell 4-ply toilet paper. We had to try it.
- The pharmacist is known as the "chemist."
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In Italy I bought some 4-ply TP, and it was so soft and absorbent. Enjoy it!
On/Off switches for every outlet in England and most of Europe too it seems.
I like the name 'the chemist'. Makes it sound like something out of an action movie =)
i think chemist is an english thing? at least all these english people were telling me which chemist to go to in vietnam to buy cheap meds for malaria. then they started swapping crazy malaria medicine-induced dream stories. classic.