Gasoline. Used in the UK and most of it's former colonies, sans the USA and Canada.
Oddly petrol is NOT short for petroleum.
Oddly petrol is NOT short for petroleum.
Brit: Looks like we need petrol. We'd better stop at a station and fill up.
American: Looks like we need gas. We'd better stop at a station and fill up.
American: Looks like we need gas. We'd better stop at a station and fill up.
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Get the petrofied mug.Special fuel that causes manual transmission vehicles to travel in short spurts, stopping and starting intermittently. Coincidentally, the true power of kangaroo petrol can only be unlocked by drivers with little experience driving manual transmission vehicles.
Louie - Gee Walters, looks like there's too much kangaroo petrol in that there gas tank for you to handle.
Officer Walters - Then we'll tow it. Either way, we're repossessing all your stuff.
Louie - I swear; she told me she was 18.
Officer Walters - Then we'll tow it. Either way, we're repossessing all your stuff.
Louie - I swear; she told me she was 18.
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City on the Neva river and Baltic Sea, RUSSIA founded by Peter the Great in 1703. Capital of Russia from 1712 until 1918. Though originally called Petersburg, the name of the city was changed to Petrograd in 1914, as the former name sounded too German. Renamed Leningrad in 1924, and St. Petersburg in 1991. A center of Russian culture, science, and architecture from the Baroque, Industral, and Soviet eras. Birthplace of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Though not involved in any way with the popular Russian children's program Spongevladimir Squareputin
City on the Neva river and Baltic Sea, RUSSIA founded by Peter the Great in 1703. Capital of Russia from 1712 until 1918. Though originally called Petersburg, the name of the city was changed to Petrograd in 1914, as the former name sounded too German. Renamed Leningrad in 1924, and St. Petersburg in 1991. A center of Russian culture, science, and architecture from the Baroque, Industral, and Soviet eras. Birthplace of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Though not involved in any way with the popular Russian children's program Spongevladimir Squareputin
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