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  • Internationa SC Questions.

    I received this and thought we'ed all get a kick out of it.

    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.

    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 ATM's (cash machines) in Australia?
    Can you send me a list of them in Brisbane, Cairns, Townsville and Harvey
    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, 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 night in Kings
    Cross, straight after the hippo races. Come naked.
    Q: Can I wear high heels in Australia? (UK)
    A: You're a British politician, right?
    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. 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: 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.



    Sorry, but a failure to plan on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part!

  • #2
    oh dear god... seriously, do people really think that kangaroos bounce down the streets of our fair nation?

    at least they're not complaining about the 'where the bloody hell are you?' tourism ad like most people from other countries...
    "Those who do not complain are never pitied." - Jane Austen.

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    • #3
      I really like that advert (particularly the chap who plays the waiter *drool*). I read something on the BBC website the other day that suggested it was banned, but they're definitely still showing it !

      Still, drop bears are lethal, right?
      A person who is nice to you, but not nice to the waiter is not a nice person
      - Dave Barry

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      • #4
        Nice... I've seen this list for Canada and South Africa, but this is the first for Australia.

        Always good for a chuckle.
        You gotta polish a memory like a stone. Chip off the parts that remind you it was just a game. Work it until it's indistinguishable from any other memory.

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        • #5
          Q: Is it safe to run around in the bushes in Australia ? (Sweden)
          A: So it's true what they say about Swedes.


          what do they say about swedes???
          Its better to be silent and let people think that you are stupid than to open your mouth and confirm it

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          • #6
            Quoth Ezrockspants
            seriously, do people really think that kangaroos bounce down the streets of our fair nation?
            You mean they aren't bouncing everywhere?
            Last edited by South Texan; 07-27-2006, 04:21 PM.
            "Ignorance is no excuse for a law."
            .................................................. ..................- Alfred E. Newman

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            • #7
              Quoth appliance god
              Q: Can you tell me the regions in Tasmania where the female population is
              smaller than the male population?
              (Italy)
              A: Yes, gay nightclubs.


              Oh my GAWD! I so hope that in some point in my life I get a chance to use that line on someone.

              Mongo
              I never lost my faith in humanity. Can't lose what you never had right?

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              • #8
                Quoth Skank
                Q: Is it safe to run around in the bushes in Australia ? (Sweden)
                A: So it's true what they say about Swedes.


                what do they say about swedes???
                They say you all run around in the bushes....
                A person who is nice to you, but not nice to the waiter is not a nice person
                - Dave Barry

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                • #9
                  HAHA! Oh Brilliant!!

                  I am an Aussie living in Canada, and I LOVE playing with people's minds when they ask me stupid questions like that. Being a phone jockey, I get them pretty much every other day...

                  I sometimes have to remember what bundie I told to what person, just so I don't screw up the illusion.

                  I might have to steal a couple of these answers for future stupid questions.


                  SJ
                  I reject your reality and substitute my own

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                  • #10


                    Where's the canadian list? I've got to see that one.
                    I AM the evil bastard!
                    A+ Certified IT Technician

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                    • #11
                      I suspect that the Canadian list comntains loads of questions about moose and polar bears....I'd like to see the South African one, personally.
                      A person who is nice to you, but not nice to the waiter is not a nice person
                      - Dave Barry

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                      • #12
                        http://forums.army.ca/forums/index.p...ic=29228.0;all

                        It looks exactly the same as the Aussie one, only changes to fit Canada....


                        SJ
                        I reject your reality and substitute my own

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                        • #13
                          ok, I HAVE to admit the blonde moment I once had about Australia. I'm American and I met someone who lives in Aunstralia online, so I'm asking general questions about the country and I asked him if there are a lot of kangaroos around (I know, I know...) and he goes "yeah, I have a pet kangaroo that I keep in the backyard". Ok, now the sad part is, I'm 24 years old, college educated and yet... totally fell for it. I got so excited and started asking the REALLY retarded questions like "can you ride it, will it lets your kids (they're 1 and 2) ride in its pouch" yada yada... he played me for over a week before he fessed up. So, there. I will admit to being just as retarded as the above people :P

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                          • #14
                            Despite the disclaimer on the list, if they were posted on a tourism site they're just humor and not real questions with real answers. Snopes has a page on it: http://www.snopes.com/travel/foreign/olympics.asp Still funny, though.
                            "Enough expository banter. It's time we fight like men. And ladies. And ladies who dress like men. For Gilgamesh...IT'S MORPHING TIME!"
                            - Gilgamesh, Final Fantasy V

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                            • #15
                              HA if I have ONE MORE person ask me what part of Australia, New Zealand is in, Im going to shove a globe up their arse!

                              and they still have the gaul to get offended when I ask what year Canada became a state....
                              I wasnt put on this earth to make you feel like a man ~ Mary Bertone

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