{"id":3970,"date":"2008-02-04T13:57:49","date_gmt":"2008-02-04T15:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stickel.com.br\/atc\/humor\/3970"},"modified":"2010-02-11T21:07:08","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T23:07:08","slug":"australian-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stickel.com.br\/atc\/humor\/3970","title":{"rendered":"australian tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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 an excellent sense  of humour:<\/p>\n<p>Q: Does it ever get windy in Australia? I have never seen it rain on TV, how do the plants grow? (UK)<br \/>\nA: We import all plants fully grown and then just sit around watching them die.   <\/p>\n<p>Q: Will I be able to see kangaroos in the street? (USA)<br \/>\nA: Depends how much you&#8217;ve been drinking.  <\/p>\n<p>Q: I want to walk from Perth to Sydney &#8211; can I follow the railroad tracks? ( Sweden)<br \/>\nA: Sure, it&#8217;s only three thousand  miles, take lots of water.  <\/p>\n<p>Q: Is it safe to run around in the bushes in Australia? (Sweden)<br \/>\nA: So it&#8217;s true what they say about Swedes. <\/p>\n<p>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)<br \/>\nA: What did your last slave die of?   <\/p>\n<p>Q: Can you give me some  information about hippo racing in Australia? (USA)<br \/>\nA: 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&#8230; oh forget it. Sure, the hippo racing is every Tuesday night in Kings Cross. Come  naked.<\/p>\n<p>Q: Which direction is North in  Australia ? (USA)<br \/>\nA: Face south and then turn 180 degrees. Contact us when you get here and we&#8217;ll send the rest  of the directions.  <\/p>\n<p>Q: Can I bring cutlery into Australia? (UK)<br \/>\nA: Why? Just use your fingers like we do.  <\/p>\n<p>Q: Can you send me the Vienna Boys&#8217; Choir schedule? (USA)<br \/>\nA: Aus-tri-a is that quaint little  country bordering Ger-man-y, which is&#8230;oh forget it. Sure, the  Vienna Boys Choir plays every Tuesday night in Kings Cross, straight after the hippo races. Come naked.   <\/p>\n<p>Q: Can I wear high heels in Australia? ( UK)<br \/>\nA: You&#8217;re a British politician, right?  <\/p>\n<p>Q: Are there supermarkets in Sydney and is milk available all year round? ( Germany)<br \/>\nA: No, we are a peaceful  civilization of vegan hunter\/gatherers. Milk is illegal.   <\/p>\n<p>Q: Please send a list of all  doctors in Australia who can dispense  rattlesnake serum. (USA)<br \/>\nA: 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.   <\/p>\n<p>Q: I have a question about a  famous animal in Australia, but I  forget its name. It&#8217;s a kind of  bear and lives in trees. (USA)<br \/>\nA: It&#8217;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.   <\/p>\n<p>Q: Do you have perfume in Australia? (France )<br \/>\nA: No, WE don&#8217;t  stink.  <\/p>\n<p>Q: Can you tell me the regions in Tasmania where the female population is smaller than the  male population? (Italy)<br \/>\nA: Yes, gay nightclubs.   <\/p>\n<p>Q: Do you celebrate Christmas in Australia ? (France)<br \/>\nA: Only at  Christmas.   <\/p>\n<p>Q: Will I be able to speak English  most places I go? (USA)<br \/>\nA: Yes, but you&#8217;ll have to learn  it first. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 an excellent sense of humour: Q: Does it ever get windy in Australia? 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