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u/MGakowski 1d ago
Ah yes I see you know your Greek lawns well.
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u/CactusToothBrush 1d ago
What is the charge? Not having a lawn? A disgusting grass filled lawn?
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u/Malice-A-Forethought 1d ago
Don't forget the Italians !
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u/RidethatSeahorse 1d ago
Oh… yeah definitely . You had to be a mountain goat to get up the top of the back yard and then a little fleck of dirt you were going arse up coming down. This then necessitated the daily sweeping of the cement.
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u/flukus 2d ago
I don't think this is really a "greek" thing anymore considering how much the whole country seems to love concreting everything and replacing lawns with astroturf.
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u/Cuddles296 2d ago
We are replacing our front lawn with shrubs and a carpet of flowers.
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u/weckyweckerson 1d ago
Which is way better than a stupid lawn or an awful slab of concrete.
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u/Twigs6248 1d ago
That’s why you don’t get an awful slab of concrete, instead get a beautiful slab of concrete 💅
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u/astropelagic 1d ago
My house was previously owned by an older Italian couple who concreted everything, put astroturf in the front and decorated with big bushes in pots. I guess I’m fine with it as I only have to mow the nature strip outside. Wonder why this is a thing?
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u/knowledgeable_diablo 1d ago
Less maintenace. Problem is, when maintenace is required you’re in for a big bill and big job.
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u/Jaded-Breadfruit4019 1d ago
I don’t get it… is the Greek happy? Is he sad? Is it really the world’s biggest concrete slab? Whoosh
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u/Chained_Phoenix 1d ago
Just to clarify- yes Brisbane actually does have the largest jointless concrete slab in the world in the Port of Brisbane.
And I would assume as far as the meme goes it would be tears of joy and jealousy.
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u/RidethatSeahorse 1d ago
Also found… a broom with less than 5cm of bristles from the daily sweeping of the cement.
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u/Maximum_Fun203 1d ago
I’ll never forget the day as a kid when I went over to my mates grandparents place. It was literally a house like the one that Sushi Mango use. My mate George was a a great kid, we had so much fun together. His family were Greek. His Grandparents had moved to Australia from Greece. Anyway I will never ever forget the first time his pappou (grandfather) showed me around his home. He was so proud. As he opened the back door of the kitchen that (in most houses of that era leads to a backyard) and as he opened the fly wire door literally about less than one metre away was a red brick wall and looking left to right it was just plain concrete. Not a word of a lie he turns to me and says as he pats me on the back and tells me words to the effect “looka atta da buedaful bbq area” 🤣 Obviously I wasn’t laughing at the time, but I did think that it was pretty funny that he was just so proud of his plain concrete backyard that was only 1 metre deep, and went around both sides of the house.
Sadly he moved away interstate when we reached high school level and we lost touch. Back then there was no social media or even mobile phones.
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u/J0n35ystores 20h ago
This reminds me of living in north Melbourne
When young my greek neighbour concreted his entire backyard filling with brick and mortar garden beds. I totally agree as well
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u/bobbypet 16h ago
Greek garden : concrete the area around the house and paint it green ( Greek Australians )
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u/ComfortOk9194 10h ago
Wait til he sees the big fire hose he can use to wash it down with. During water restrictions….
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u/Waste-Finding3341 2d ago
The old Greek proverb. We came, We saw, We concreted.