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Questions from Potential Visitors

These questions about Australia are from potential visitors.

They were supposedly posted on an Australian Tourism Website, and the answers are the actual responses by the website officials, who obviously have a sense of humour...


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.


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: 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?


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


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


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.


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. You can scare them off by spraying yourself with human urine before you go out walking.


Q: Do you have perfume in Australia? (France)
A: No, WE 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 you tell me the regions in Tasmania where the female population is smaller than the male population? (Italy)
A: Yes, gay nightclubs.


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


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, and you will still have to pay her by the hour. Come naked.


Q: Will I be able to speak English most places I go? (USA)
A: Yes, but you'll have to learn it first.
 
:D :D Quite amusing, except perhaps the first one. Bit too close to the truth to be funny.

NM said:
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.
 
While I hesitate to chastise a Moderator (tugs forelock repeatedly and bows reverently), shouldn't this be posted under "A bit of Humour"?
 
Also can we lose some of the --------- as that is interpreted by firefox as a single word/phrase and thus stretches the page wider than my 12.1 in screen?

Funny though - just trying to remember where I have seen them before...
 
codash1099 said:
While I hesitate to chastise a Moderator (tugs forelock repeatedly and bows reverently), shouldn't this be posted under "A bit of Humour"?
well I did post it in the Playground ;) . Whether it is worthy of the term "humour" is up to you.
 
simongr said:
Also can we lose some of the --------- as that is interpreted by firefox as a single word/phrase and thus stretches the page wider than my 12.1 in screen?

Seconded!

And the 'drop bears' is my clear favorite.
 
simongr said:
Also can we lose some of the --------- as that is interpreted by firefox as a single word/phrase and thus stretches the page wider than my 12.1 in screen?
done. was originally just copy and pasted without thought to format.
 
Thank you - much appreciated - now just to get those long xONEx routing to fit on screen ;)
 
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