“For safety, I kept my room key around my neck on a leather thong and even tied an extra knot in it so it wouldn't slip over my head while swimming.”

“Players turned up for questioning wearing thongs, shorts, and T-shirts.”

“My flatmate loves walking around in a thong. I know it's a girls-only flat, but that's just too much.”

“When I came to Darwin, you had a slab over your shoulder, you wore black stubbies, thongs and blue t-shirt, or singlet.”

“What is it with these chubby, fleshy girls with the low-rise jeans and the thongs that stick all the way out when they play pool?”

“On certain Greek islands you cannot move for Essex girls in foam-proof thongs gyrating to the Birdie Song.”