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Old 02-27-2004, 10:15 AM   #1
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A Texan farmer goes to Australia for a vacation. There, he meets an Aussie farmer and gets talking. The Aussie shows off his big wheat field and the Texan says, "Oh! We have wheat fields that are at least twice as large. Then they walk around the station a little, and the Aussie shows off his herd of cattle. The Texan immediately says, "We have longhorns that are at least twice as large as your cows". The conversation has, meanwhile, almost died when the Texan sees a herd of kangaroos hopping through the field. He asks, "And what are those?" The Aussie replies with an incredulous look, "Don't you have any grasshoppers in Texas?"
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Old 02-27-2004, 10:21 AM   #2
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HAHAHAHAHA! Grasshoppers....hmmm, you got green roos in Oz? [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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Old 02-27-2004, 10:49 AM   #3
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Only if their a bit mouldy..........
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Old 02-27-2004, 11:21 AM   #4
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EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW!

There's an image I wanted in my mind as I get ready for lunch! blech!
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Old 02-28-2004, 02:27 AM   #5
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Skippy!!!

Wadda'ya doing to our reputation!?!!!! Your missing the Drop bears, hoop snakes and kangajingawalafoxes. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

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Old 02-28-2004, 02:58 AM   #6
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Ah yes, the terrifying Drop Bears
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Old 02-28-2004, 04:15 AM   #7
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Bundy springs to mind

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Old 02-28-2004, 04:44 AM   #8
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Ah yes, the terrifying Drop Bears
You laugh! I had the missus convinced they truely were real. She is English though, so can be forgiven I suppose. It was years after we'd first met and we were driving through the Kangaroo Valley when she suddenly pipes up "This looks like bad Drop Bear country!" I looked at her, and could clearly see she was serious! I nearly crashed the car I was laughing so hard! [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

The thing is though, after living over here in England for years, a lot of Poms think we spend most of our time fighting of poisoness snakes and spiders and maneating Croc's and Sharks. So they are easily led! Not that I do this to our english cousins of course! Well.......perhaps a little. [img]graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
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Old 02-28-2004, 05:40 AM   #9
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I remember me and my mates taking a group of my brothers friends out "Dropbear hunting", gave them nets and led them out into the middle of nowhere... came back the next day and they were scared out o ftheir wits
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Old 02-28-2004, 05:54 AM   #10
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Nice one!

The thing that was so funny about the missus saying that at that particular time was that it was at least 3 years since I'd told her of the infamous "drop bears" and it had never been mentioned since then! I had to stop the car. She thought I was choking or something.

I'd told her that they lurked in trees by the side of the road, and that as you drove past, they leapt from the trees and ripped your tyres off as you were driving along!
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