FrBrGr Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 The questions below about Australia are from potential visitors. They were posted on an Australian Tourism Website and the answers are the actual responses by the website officials, who obviously have a sense of humor. I thought these were hilarious, and that Denizens from "down under" would especially appreciate them! __________________________________________________ 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: 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: 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 night clubs. __________________________________________________ Q: 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. __________________________________________________ Q: Will I be able to speak English most places I go? ( USA ) A: Yes, but you'll have to learn it first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Worker 11811 Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Is there a Fourth of July in Australia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Fox Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 No, I believe that they go directly to the fifth from the third. I helps to confuse the drunk people looking for Roos on the street, and thus keeps traffic clogs to a minimum while the non poisonous snakes are at a minimum due to the Drop Bears dropping on them after they come back from hitting stark naked people leaving the Hippo Races and Vienna Boys Choir, that they paid for from the ATM machines that were translated from French by some woman who is frustrated because her boy friend left her in 1969 at Christmas after she went to some all male bar wearing high heels, drinking milk and eating Roo with no utensils because they were lost in the North - no sorry the South - by a guy scared to death by a train while walking on the railroad tracks because he was not able to hear the God Damned train due to the wind... Hell, you know what I mean! W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auzmink Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 FrBrGr Great laugh - thanks for that. I guess most visitors have little idea re Auz. Take the following link: http://www.ski.com.au/snowcams/hotham3.html Great snow season, just dumped almost a metre (not quite as massive as other parts of the World, but cold, snowy and potentially furry!) I guess being in Auz allows the tourism guys to partly sell the place, but the daft questions mean daft visitors they don't want! Auzmink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReFur Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 FrBrGr, I LMAO. Needed that, thanks. Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frugalfurguy Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 White Fox, you forgot that the guy--I think he'd of been a Swede--walking the railroad tracks was running dehydrated because he didn't pack enough water. That means that at a crucial moment he wasn't able to make water and the drop bear got him. So now can you really take the Sydney Opera House out sailing? Watch out, Linda! Green skipper at the helm! frugalfurguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGalanos Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 Most of the responses are hysterical. This one is a "keeper". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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