<P> "Barbie" is Australian slang for barbecue and the phrase "slip a shrimp on the barbie", for Americans, often evokes images of a fun social gathering under the sun . Australians, however, invariably use the word prawn rather than shrimp . Because the commercial was commissioned for broadcast in the United States, the change was made to limit audience confusion . The commercial was so influential that three decades later, USC Trojans football player Chris Tilbey, an Australian, reported that he was quoted the "shrimp on the barbie" line "Every day . Every day". </P> <P> The term was used in the opening sequence of the 1994 cult comedy Dumb and Dumber, when protagonist Lloyd Christmas (portrayed by Jim Carrey) tries to hit on an Austrian woman, mistaking her for an Australian: "Let's put another shrimp on the barbie". She then turns him down, saying "Let's not". </P> <P> Prawns are a popular traditional Christmas seafood in Australia . However, crustaceans such as shrimp and prawns are less common, on average, in the Australian cuisine than in the United States . In the late 1980s, annual per capita consumption of shrimp stood at 1.3 kg in the United States, second only to Japan . </P>

G'day mate let's throw another shrimp on the barbie