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[LynnUK]

Thank you, all of you, for your lovely and encouraging replies.

I'm convinced!  I think I just needed that little push to help me make up my mind. 

I am so glad that I found this forum as it appears to have lots of humour as well as great advice.  I had no idea what a 'dag' meant so I looked it up.

This is what I found:  DAG - one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.

Now I am more comfused than ever!    I guess it must be an Aussie thing?  LOL.

Anyway, great to 'meet' you all and I look forward to letting you know how I get on with my Thermomix - when I get it.

Just as a P.S. - I am watching 'Saturday Kitchen', a UK cooking programme and what do I see behind the presenters . . . a Thermomix!  I have only ever seen a photo of one on the website before as they don't seem as popular here as they do in Australia.  That may be changing though.

Lynn

[judydawn]

You are right there Lynn - a Dag is : a funny person, nerd, goof

[LynnUK]

Thank you Judydawn.

Clearly, my education is going to expand in more areas than just cooking!   

Lynn

[dede]

Well I always thought a Dag was what hung from a sheeps bum (poo stuck to wool), that's what my dad had to crutch off the sheep lol

[Amy :-)]

I am so glad that I found this forum as it appears to have lots of humour as well as great advice.  I had no idea what a 'dag' meant so I looked it up.

This is what I found:  DAG - one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.

Now I am more comfused than ever!    I guess it must be an Aussie thing?  LOL.

LOL sorry Lynn

Dede, I have never heard that before... But I promise I wasn't calling Gert one of those!!

Lynn, I can't wait to see more of you on the forum

[gertbysea]

Well I always thought a Dag was what hung from a sheeps bum (poo stuck to wool), that's what my dad had to crutch off the sheep lol

Your dad is right Dede.
According to the Urban Dictionary:
A dag is technically the matted wool on a sheep's tail, but in typical useage throughout Australia, it refers to people who don't have a neat, tidy or cultured appearance. It can also refer to a person who tends to be quite informal.
It is not necessarily a derogatory term in modern useage, but almost always has negative connotations - ie " He's a real dag!" or as an adjective - " His clothes are daggy." Often it is used in relation to someone unfashionable.
The term "dag" is also a type of compliment as used between mates, both male and female. For example, "you dag" means you're a bud but your way of thinking sure is different from mine!
A real dag is the matted sheep droppings and dirt mixed with the wool on the sheep's backside. To clean the dags out of the wool means to clean the matted wool of droppings. It's also any long, dangling, matted part of the wool.
Dag may even refer to the long, matted, untidy and dirty parts of another animal's coat, e.g. dags on a long-haired dog, dags in a neglected horse's tail, etc.


Gert

[dede]

What would we do without this forum and all the information we share

[LynnUK]

Thank you Gertbysea for such a colourful explanation.  I am so glad I asked and even more glad that it is a matey kind of word - in a manner of speaking!   

I am going to enjoy this forum!

Lynn

[Amy :-)]

What would we do without this forum and all the information we share

Lol Mandi I was just thinking the same thing!!!
I feel a bit mean now though. Do you think Gert is offeded?

I am going to enjoy this forum!

Lynn

I certainly hope so Lynn! I've only been a member since February and I absolutely love it. All the members are so kind and helpful and have so much knowledge among them. I think its a very special and wonderful forum to be part of

[judydawn]

I doubt Gert would be offended Amy - she gives as good as she gets and this part of the meaning of the word dag (The term "dag" is also a type of compliment as used between mates, both male and female or the one I posted - a Dag is : a funny person) is how you meant it to be.

[dede]

Amy I bet you will double think before you say Dag again now

[fundj&e]

i called a work friend a DAG about 20 years ago and boy she was very  offeded,but really she was one

[gertbysea]

Obviously there are dags and there are other dags.

Well I am unfashionable , uncultured, and untidy  therefore a dag.

Amy you got it right mate

Gertbysea

[obbie]

Hi Lyn, welcome to the forum

[Amy :-)]

Amy I bet you will double think before you say Dag again now

Lol thats a very smart bet Mandi!

Obviously there are dags and there are other dags.

Well I am unfashionable , uncultured, and untidy  therefore a dag.

Amy you got it right mate

Gertbysea

 

I think I need to apologise to Lynn now for hijacking her thread with all this dag-talk. Sorry Lynn!!!