slang
There are two possible answers to the sheep-related road code question. In theory, answer 2 (slow down or pull over to the side of the road) is the right answer, although in practice I suspect most people follow 1 (sound the horn on your vehicle to move them).
The road code is a strange thing. Before we read it, we distilled the road rules from the way motorists behave in reality, so our idea of the road code was very different from the official version. We thought, for example, that a car exiting a driveway had right of way over pedestrians on the foot path, since nobody ever lets pedestrians pass before blocking the footpath with their SUVs. Turns out that according to the road code, pedestrians really do have right of way in this situation.
Anyway, today’s post is about one aspect of kiwi slang:
Surfie - a person who likes surfing
Truckie - a truck driver
Boatie - a person who likes boating
Determining the meaning of the term “Sparkie” is left as an excercise for the reader.
