Toyota Country Border Security ad

[CanuckMariner/Nomad]

I've never been clear on the distinction between a Sheila and a Skirt. Is their plumage somehow different?

Shielas are generally bigger and are more colourful than Skirts. Skirts are usually smaller and less colourful.

OZ terminology 101 - Sheila - a colloquial term for a girl or woman in Australia and some other Commonwealth countries, thought to be derived from the term 'she-lag,' lag being English slang for convict.

Not sure where or how the term skirt came about for a women in Australia? Ozzies post here!

 

[CSG]

Absolutely hilarious!!

Do they allow the Lexus version there? If so, I might have to move down unda.

 

[roscoFJ73]

Not sure where or how the term skirt came about for a women in Australia? Ozzies post here!

Sheila is a female name from Gaelic. A skirt is a short dress.
At sometime or another someone started referring to women as "skirts" usually in a less than flattering fashion.
I can remember a police sergeant being hauled over the coals for referring to policewomen as "skirts"
I 1st heard women referred to as skirts after a close female friend applied for a job on a large construction site.She overheard one supervisor say to another "no skirts on site"
The union then forced the builder into hiring her for an agreed period instead of going to court

I know you guys are not being sexist or derogatory to women,but using words like sheila or skirts as a reference to women may cause offence to some females in australia if you are unfamiliar with them

 

[p1michaud]

You have to be quick or play these a few times to get all the one liners, very funny! From friends in OZ, as I love Toyotas

Very funny, especially after living in Oz for a bit. I can appreciate the humor. :elkgrin:

 

[Corey]

Not a Land Cruiser, but still pretty funny.
Kept waiting for them to say "bugger", but they never did like in a few other Toyota commercials.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTmzLpV4zpU

 

[CanuckMariner/Nomad]

Sheila is a female name from Gaelic. A skirt is a short dress.
At sometime or another someone started referring to women as "skirts" usually in a less than flattering fashion.
I can remember a police sergeant being hauled over the coals for referring to policewomen as "skirts"
I 1st heard women referred to as skirts after a close female friend applied for a job on a large construction site.She overheard one supervisor say to another "no skirts on site"
The union then forced the builder into hiring her for an agreed period instead of going to court

I know you guys are not being sexist or derogatory to women,but using words like sheila or skirts as a reference to women may cause offence to some females in australia if you are unfamiliar with them

I had a feeling both were considered derogatory comments. Thanks for straightening us out.

 

[CanuckMariner/Nomad]

Not a Land Cruiser, but still pretty funny.
Kept waiting for them to say "bugger", but they never did like in a few other Toyota commercials.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTmzLpV4zpU

Good on ya, mate!

 

[Hatfield]

I don't like that commercial because I believe thats a Trooper they pull the front end off of, bastards