Last Friday, we were sitting around the office and one of the girls started talking about how she had really stuck her foot in her mouth because she sent an e-mail to a guy that works for CSC and is working in a remote part of the Northern Territory and signed it with, "Don't get eaten by a Croc." Well, turns out, there have been some people eaten by crocs in the northern Territory recently.
This prompted a whole conversation about Crocs roaming around in towns in the Northern territory until one guy said, "Yeah, it's like those stupid fucking Amer-" As he went to say "Americans" he remembered that I had just started in the office that week. I re-assured him that I was an idiot and he could continue with his comment. so, he finished it with, "Yeah, it's like those stupid fucking Americans who think that we have Kangaroo's and Koalas as pets." I am sorry to inform you all, they do not have pets, nor do they sell those animals at pet stores. I know, I shed a tear.
Fast forward to that night. I am talking to a chick at the bar and she asked where I was from. When I said Chicago, she immediately said, "Oh, do you know the Blues Brothers?" and acted completely serious. I confirmed that she was indeed serious and then responded, "that is almost as bad as me asking if Kangaroos deliver your mail. They don't exist." Her boyfriend tried to make a joke of it and say that Kangaroos do deliver the mail, but it was too far gone for recovery.
Needless to say between that incident and the Kids running around like they belong in a 1980's Jane Fonda video, I am not exactly "Impressed" with girls down here yet.
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Awesome! Simply awesome! The thing is... I thought they did have pet koala bears and kangaroos. Wow, I'm an idiot! Sounds like you're having a hell of a time.
you have me laughing already:)
That's hilarious--it seems like a lot of the world's mis-conceptions are unanimous. To go along with that, have you learned to surf? ;)
Too funny! You just made my afternoon!
Why don't you get a koala bear and a kangaroo and keep them as pets. Then act like it was some kind of misguided attempt to fit in "down under."
"Hey, do you want to come back to my place and see my koala?" You can't miss with that kind of material. People will probably assume it's some of euphemism, but stick with it and you'll be a rock star in no time.
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