A chinese man decided to move to Australia after 50 years of living in Shanghai.
He buys a small piece of land near Mt Isa.
A few days later after moving in, the friendly Aussie neighbour decided to go across and welcome the new guy to the region.
On his way up the drive he sees the chinese man chasing about 10 hens around his garden. Not wanting to interrupt these Chinese customs he decided to put the welcome on hold for the day.
The next day he decides to try again, but just as he is about to knock on the door, he looks through and sees the Chinese man urinate into a glass and drink it.
Not wanting to interrupt another Chinese custom, he decides to put the welcome on hold for yet another day.
A day later he decides to give it one last go, but on his way nextdoor, he sees the Chinese man leading a bull down a drive way, pause,and then put his head next to the bulls bum.
The Aussie man cannot handle this ,so he goes up to the Chinese man and says;
'' Jeez Mate, what the hell is it with your Chinese customs? I come over here to welcome you to the neighbourhood, and see you running around after hens. The next day you are pissing in a glass and drinking it, and then today you have your head so close to that bulls bum, it could just about shit on you:
The Chinese man is very taken back and says " Sorry sir, you know understand, these no Chinese custom i doing, these Australian customs."
"What do you mean mate " says the Aussie,
"Those aren"t Australian customs"
"Yes they are, man at travel agent tell me"replied the Chinese man." " He say to become true Australian, i learn chase chicks, drink piss, and listen to bullshit"
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Have sent to a few Aussie and Kiwi friends and with the fantastic British sense of humour they will probably love it too.....
Thas about the crux of it-well in the mining fraternity, well Kalgoorlie [Western Australia]to be precise, a real 'eye opener' .There was a programme on the TV backalong showing this British guy who was doing a documentary programme, he was learning to drive one of the mining dumper trucks. There are still skimpy bars in the town there, and a sort of historical brothel trail. The Aussie rules are bit like the mining guys here, work hard, drink hard, play hard. The rules whilst out shopping in most of the shops in mainly Kalgoorlie, is to present your bag inside the shop, so that the staff can inspect in the bag to see if you have stolen anything!!!!! certainly made me feel very welcomed, however one gets used to the ways out there. Sure was hot, 35degrees sometimes + in the peak of their summer, the superpit even hotter, phew.
Hope we have a bit hotter weather here soon, and especially for Easter-I'm looking forward to seeing my husband who will come back for about 6weeks at th end of June /July, he works in Australia [Hobart Tasmania]. He came back over to stay with me last year for three months, whilst I had the worst of my treatment for breast cancer. I find being on my own very hard with me still recovering, mainly because I have to manage on my own.
Take care all Labbabeth
PS My son James, who is a mining engineer, has actually worked on a mine in Mount Isa
I am an aussie and although I dont chase chicks or drink piss (mainly coz I am a sheila lol) .....I certainly do have to listen to a lot of bullshit!! It piles thick and fast around here lol
