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It's not a well known joke, nor are you missing any nuance of the English language. Presumably Andrew was alluding to an earlier meta thread of his - How come I never see any Aussies on here?How come I never see any Aussies on here?, where he put a humorous slant on a genuine question.

This would be known as an in-joke - a private joke that can only be understood by a limited group of people who have a special knowledge of something that is referred to in the joke.

It's not a well known joke, nor are you missing any nuance of the English language. Presumably Andrew was alluding to an earlier meta thread of his - How come I never see any Aussies on here?, where he put a humorous slant on a genuine question.

This would be known as an in-joke - a private joke that can only be understood by a limited group of people who have a special knowledge of something that is referred to in the joke.

It's not a well known joke, nor are you missing any nuance of the English language. Presumably Andrew was alluding to an earlier meta thread of his - How come I never see any Aussies on here?, where he put a humorous slant on a genuine question.

This would be known as an in-joke - a private joke that can only be understood by a limited group of people who have a special knowledge of something that is referred to in the joke.

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It's not a well known joke, nor are you missing any nuance of the English language. Presumably Andrew was alluding to an earlier meta thread of his - How come I never see any Aussies on here?, where he put a humorous slant was put on a genuine question.

This would be known as an in-joke - a private joke that can only be understood by a limited group of people who have a special knowledge of something that is referred to in the joke.

It's not a well known joke, nor are you missing any nuance of the English language. Presumably Andrew was alluding to an earlier meta thread of his - How come I never see any Aussies on here?, where he put a humorous slant was put on a genuine question.

This would be known as an in-joke - a private joke that can only be understood by a limited group of people who have a special knowledge of something that is referred to in the joke.

It's not a well known joke, nor are you missing any nuance of the English language. Presumably Andrew was alluding to an earlier meta thread of his - How come I never see any Aussies on here?, where he put a humorous slant on a genuine question.

This would be known as an in-joke - a private joke that can only be understood by a limited group of people who have a special knowledge of something that is referred to in the joke.

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It's not a well known joke, nor are you missing any nuance of the English language. Presumably Andrew was alluding to an earlier meta thread of his - How come I never see any Aussies on here?, where he put a humorous slant was put on a genuine question.

This would be known as an in-joke - a private joke that can only be understood by a limited group of people who have a special knowledge of something that is referred to in the joke.

It's not a well known joke, nor are you missing any nuance of the English language. Presumably Andrew was alluding to an earlier meta thread of his - How come I never see any Aussies on here?, where a humorous slant was put on a genuine question.

This would be known as an in-joke - a private joke that can only be understood by a limited group of people who have a special knowledge of something that is referred to in the joke.

It's not a well known joke, nor are you missing any nuance of the English language. Presumably Andrew was alluding to an earlier meta thread of his - How come I never see any Aussies on here?, where he put a humorous slant was put on a genuine question.

This would be known as an in-joke - a private joke that can only be understood by a limited group of people who have a special knowledge of something that is referred to in the joke.

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