A Texan lands in Sydney, and is picked up by a taxi. After requesting a tour of the city, he starts into a tirade about the small-town airport and how in Texas they have larger runways on their ranches.

They are soon crossing the Sydney Harbour bridge, and the man is further unimpressed: "I have a duck pond bigger that that harbour, and an ornamental bridge to span it that makes this look like a toy".

The Syndey-Newcastle expressway also gets his scorn -- "Is this a road, or a track?"

So when a kangaroo jumped out in front of the cab, causing the sudden and severe application of the brakes, the driver couldn't help himself: "Bloody grasshoppers!"

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