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In article op.0jhlq6gfwdg98l@glass, Commander Kinsey
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On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 10:09:39 +0100, NY wrote:


"Rod Speed" wrote in message
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Aren't all Aussie dunnies in the shed?

They never were in the shed when we had dunny carts collecting the
**** and **** that was in tins under the seat and emptied weekly into
the dunny cart.
https://www.google.com/search?q=dunn...ralia&tbm=isch

Great job, eh ?


The job is described in census returns in the UK as "gong farmer" or
"night soil".


What is this "census"? I thought it was something done a long time ago
and they'd stopped it in modern times. But Wikipedia claims it happens
every 10 years in the UK. Why have I never been asked to fill it in? Do
they just randomly sample people? I'd fill mine in incorrectly, they
have no business collecting that data.


every house is sent a form.

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