From: utzoo!decvax!yale-com!brunix!gh
Newsgroups: net.misc
Title: Australian terms for vomiting
Article-I.D.: brunix.1615
Posted: Sun Feb 20 10:01:08 1983
Received: Mon Feb 21 02:44:31 1983

In answer to Mark Terribile's query:
  There are many Australian expressions for vomiting, but most of them come
from the same source: a series of comic strips, first published in the
British magazine "Private Eye", and later in book form in Australia, about
a boorish Australian named Barry McKenzie.  They were written by Australian
comedian Barry Humphries, who liked taking such matters to the extreme.
In particular, he liked colorful euphemisms for vomiting, urination, etc.
  Some others:
  Crying ruth, pointing Percy at the porcelain, parking the tiger, punishing
Percy with the palm (masturbating).

  Graeme Hirst, Australian-at-large, Brown University Computer Science
  ...!decvax!brunix!gh, gh.brown@udel-relay