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Old 23-11-2011, 02:28 PM
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i think you might be right
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Old 23-11-2011, 02:32 PM
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Q&A from an Australian Tourism Website, allegedly! But who lets truth get in the way of a good yarn?

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Q: Does it ever get windy in Australia ? I have never seen it rain on TV, how do the plants grow? ( UK ).

A: We import all plants fully grown and then just sit around watching them die.
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Q: Will I be able to see kangaroos in the street? ( USA )

A: Depends how much you've been drinking.
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Q:I want to walk from Perth to Sydney - can I follow the railroad tracks? ( Sweden )

A: Sure, it's only three thousand miles, take lots of water.
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Q: Are there any ATMs (cash machines) in Australia? Can you send me a list of them in Brisbane, Cairns, Townsville and Hervey Bay ? ( UK )

A: What did your last slave die of?
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Q:Can you give me some information about hippo racing in Australia ? ( USA )

A: A-Fri-ca is the big triangle shaped continent south of Europe.
Aus-tra-lia is that big island in the middle of the Pacific which does not
... Oh forget it. Sure, the hippo racing is every Tuesday night in Kings Cross. Come naked.
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Q:Which direction is North in Australia ? (USA )

A: Face south and then turn 180 degrees. Contact us when you get here and we'll send the rest of the directions.
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Q: Can I bring cutlery into Australia ? ( UK )
A: Why? Just use your fingers like we do...
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Q:Can you send me the Vienna Boys' Choir schedule? ( USA )

A: Aus-tri-a is that quaint little country bordering Ger-man-y, which is
Oh forget it. Sure, the Vienna Boys Choir plays every Tuesday night in Kings Cross, straight after the hippo races. Come naked.
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Q: Can I wear high heels in Australia ? ( UK )
A: You are a British politician, right?
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Q:Are there supermarkets in Sydney and is milk available all year round? ( Germany )

A: No, we are a peaceful civilization of vegan hunter/gatherers.
Milk is illegal.
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Q: Please send a list of all doctors in Australia who can dispense rattlesnake serum. ( USA )

A: Rattlesnakes live in A-meri-ca which is where YOU come from.
All Australian snakes are perfectly harmless, can be safely handled and make good pets.
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Q: I have a question about a famous animal in Australia, but I forget its name. It's a kind of bear and lives in trees. ( USA )

A: It's called a Drop Bear. They are so called because they drop out of Gum trees and eat the brains of anyone walking underneath them.
You can scare them off by spraying yourself with human urine before you go out walking.
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Q: I have developed a new product that is the fountain of youth. Can you tell me where I can sell it in Australia ? ( USA )

A: Anywhere significant numbers of Americans gather.
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Q: Do you celebrate Christmas in Australia ? ( France )

A: Only at Christmas.
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Q: Will I be able to speak English most places I go? ( USA )

A: Yes, but you'll have to learn it first


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Old 23-11-2011, 02:35 PM
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LOVE IT!!!!!!! i laughed so much!! thanks Rob
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Old 23-11-2011, 02:57 PM
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Good value Rob.

I was just thinking, if Australia doesn't exist then a lot of us are going to get wet feet.
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Old 23-11-2011, 04:33 PM
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Fantastic list Rob
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Old 23-11-2011, 05:29 PM
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Hey Ken,

You come from Snake Valley, right?

Thats the Valley full of snakes, right?


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Old 23-11-2011, 05:45 PM
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Excellent Rob, Nearly fell off the couch when i read the Hippo race bit.
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Old 23-11-2011, 06:13 PM
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No Australia does not and cannot exist. I know that I live here but I cannot tell that to anybody in Europe. Just before First WW some poor guy was excommunicated from the church because he insisted that he got brother in Australia. They may have changed their views little bit in past hundred years – but I doubt it.
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Old 23-11-2011, 07:14 PM
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You can tell that it's raining.
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Old 23-11-2011, 07:16 PM
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I was just thinking the same thing.
We all go a little funny when it's cloudy around new moon.
But prefer this sort of funny to the bickering that usually happens.
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Old 23-11-2011, 07:31 PM
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Well, according to Obama's Military invasion (oops I mean training) plan, Australia is simply the 51st US state isnt it?
Now that's a funny thing. Ever since I first met Australians all those years ago, it's only been Australians who have claimed that Australia is the 51st State. And it seemed to me than (and still does now) that just about every Australian I have met and know kind of likes the idea.
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Old 23-11-2011, 07:56 PM
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Now that's a funny thing. Ever since I first met Australians all those years ago, it's only been Australians who have claimed that Australia is the 51st State. And it seemed to me than (and still does now) that just about every Australian I have met and know kind of likes the idea.
thats OK we are not that paranoid all that often, only with days that end in y.

but in saying that i just got a phone call from india telling me i have a Microsoft windows security problem and that they would fix it for me.

in all seriousness i think we do suffer a slight bit from isolation - does it show that much
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Old 24-11-2011, 09:45 AM
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thats OK we are not that paranoid all that often, only with days that end in y.

but in saying that i just got a phone call from india telling me i have a Microsoft windows security problem and that they would fix it for me.

in all seriousness i think we do suffer a slight bit from isolation - does it show that much
Us Kiwis and Aussies are down here for a reason. It's the only way the world stays balanced with all that top hamper in the northern realms ...

Personally I like the 'isolation'. Filters out the worst of the blather from above ...
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Well, according to Obama's Military invasion (oops I mean training) plan, Australia is simply the 51st US state isnt it?



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52nd dude... Puerto Rico is the 51st...
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