Australian humour

by Simon 17 Replies latest social humour

  • Simon
    Simon

    These questions about Australia were posted on an Australian Tourism Website and obviously the answers came from an Aussie Customer Service rep.

    Q: Does it ever get windy in Australia? I have never seen it rain on TV, so how do the plants grow? (UK)
    A: Actually, we import all plants fully grown and then just sit around watching them die.

    Q: Will I be able to see kangaroos in the street? (USA)
    A: Depends how much you've been drinking

    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...

    Q: Is it safe to run around in the bushes in Australia? (Sweden)
    A: So it's true what they say about Swedes.

    Q: It is imperative that I find the names and addresses of places to contact for a stuffed porpoise. (Italy)
    A: Let's not touch this one.

    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 exactly did your last slave die of?

    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.

    Q: Which direction is North in Australia? (USA)
    A: Face south and then turn 90 degrees. Contact us when you get here and we'll send the rest of the directions.

    Q: Can I bring cutlery into Australia? (UK)
    A: Why? Just use your fingers like we do.

    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 BoysChoir plays every Tuesday night in Kings Cross, straight after the hippo races. Come naked.

    Q: Do you have perfume in Australia? (France)
    A: No, We wash regularly and don't stink.

    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.

    Q: Can I wear high heels in Australia? (UK)
    A: You are a British politician, right

    Q: Can you tell me the regions in Tasmania where the female population is smaller than the male population? (Italy)
    A: Yes, gay nightclubs.

    Q: Do you celebrate Christmas in Australia? (France)
    A: Only at Christmas.

    Q: Are there killer bees in Australia? (Germany)
    A: Not yet, but for you, we'll import them.

    Q: Are there supermarkets in Sydney and is milk available all year round? (Germany)
    A: No, we are a peaceful civilisation of vegan hunter gatherers. Milk is illegal.

    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.

    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, although you personally should be safe enough. If you are still worried you can scare them off by spraying yourself with human urine before you go out walking.

    Q: I was in Australia in 1969 on R+R, and I want to contact the girl I dated while I was staying in Kings Cross. Can you help? (USA)
    A: Yes, but you will have to pay her by the hour, just like last time.

    Q: Will I be able to speek English most places I go? (USA)
    A: Yes, but you'll have to learn it first.

    Q: Are the Aborigines friendly and approachable? (USA)
    A: Not advisable to approach them on or shortly after pension day.

  • cruzanheart
    cruzanheart

    Thanks, Simon, I needed that! [*wipes tear from eye*]

    Nina

  • unclebruce
    unclebruce

    These questions about Australia were posted on an Australian Tourism Website and obviously the answers came from an Aussie Customer Service rep.

    Q: Does it ever get windy in Australia? I have never seen it rain on TV, so how do the plants grow? (UK)
    A: Actually, we import all plants fully grown and then just sit around watching them die.

    That's a true lie. (i never saw it rain for a whole year but it's bucketing down now hughy!

    Q: Will I be able to see kangaroos in the street? (USA)
    A: Depends how much you've been drinking

    No no no ... Last week WIRES rescued a swamp wallaby from Bondi beach and an echidna from Clovely (near bondi) (Sydney is surrounded by bush teaming with wildlife - we even had koalas falling out of trees at Penrith lol (it's not like that in Adelaide unless you count possums)

    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...

    hey i witnessed along much of those tracks and it never did me any harm! <-- nulabour sunburn cooks to the bone Q: Can you give me some information about hippo racing in Australia?(USA A: Dumb as .. - we race crabs down the Tathra Warf every friday night - be there!

    Q: Which direction is North in Australia? (USA)
    A: Don't go North - in Australia, the colder the climate the more civilised the people (sort of)

    Q: Can I bring cutlery into Australia? (UK)

    A: Nope - not without causing a tourorist incident.

    Q: I have developed a new product that is the fountain of youth. Can you tell me where I can stick it? (USA
    Adelaide (waters foul)

    Q: Can I wear high heels in Australia? (UK)
    A: Yeah but not in the ute - it's bad for the peddles

    Q: Can you tell me the regions in Tasmania where the female population is smaller than the male population? (Italy)


    A: Females are mostly smaller here but that doesn't mean they're easy! (unless you're a yank)

    Q: Do you celebrate Christmas in Australia? (France)
    A: Only at Christmas.

    Not true - In the high country "Christmas in July" is very popular (true - with snow and roast lamb and plum pudding and not a brussell sprout in sight

    Milk is illegal.

    Hey - who said that!? unc from the dairy capital of Aust.

    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.

    perfectly correctamundo (we do have a kinda rattle snake here but we call them death adders - they were called deaf adders because of their habit of not moving when you approach .. but the name got changed to death adders (i guess getting killed from an encounter with a deaf adder just never sounded right lol)

    Q: Will I be able to speek English most places I go? (USA)
    A: Yes, but you'll have to learn it first.

    Nah ya won't - just wing it like the rest of us

    Q: Are the Aborigines friendly and approachable? (USA)
    A: Not advisable to approach them on or shortly after pension day.

    Bulldust - pension day's the best time! ... hic.. to .... hangout out with boongs Do Kangaroos go on the main streets? - yep, and 7,000 of them die everyday on NSW roads. ... oops i'm giving too much information. unc who checks out native road kill for baby marsupials.

  • Joyzabel
    Joyzabel

    ROTFL!!

    hope this doesn't offend the Aussies, but their humor is great!

    j2bf

  • Stephanus
    Stephanus

    Just in case the dry humour isn't appreciated or understood, there are two statements in this thread implying that Australian snakes aren't dangerous. This is NOT true! We have some of the deadliest snakes in the world here, and they aren't hard to come across - any patch of vegetation is a potential storage place for the buggers. To any potential visitors, do not approach any snake you see in the bush (or UncleBruce when he's been drinking with the Aborigines on pension day!)!

  • Stephanus
    Stephanus

    PS: Death Adders are called that because they are DEADLY!

    Stephanus, of the "dismayed at UncleBruce's irresponsibility" class

    PPS: 7000 roos killed on the roads per day sounds like a typical "plucked out of a Greenie's arse" figure. Try "per annum"!

  • RAYZORBLADE
    RAYZORBLADE

    You know, I damn near died reading that.

    But you know, here in Canada, let's put it to you this way. We get asked some pretty outrageous questions from foreigners.

    I love my American neighbours, but sometimes they can be shockingly geographically blind.

    I still see it in the summer here, cars with skis, winter gear, looking for snow. Asking us in Toronto, where the snow is, and where the mountains are.

    It's pretty funny sometimes.

    I can imagine Australians get asked some pretty 'out-there' questions.

  • Prisca
    Prisca

    When I was in San Diego, I was asked if we spoke English in Australia.....

  • Mackin
    Mackin

    The funniest post in the thread is joy2befree worrying that the Aussies might be offended. LOL.

    You A-meri-cans just don't get it do you. :-)



  • Dansk
    Dansk

    I'm still waiting to laugh!

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