This is the best Australian joke I know, if you have lived here it is beyond funny and still makes me laugh several years after I first received it.
Thnks to everone who sent it to me the first 40°C day we were in Melbourne . . . .
> Diary of a POM in MT ISA
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> August 31st
> Just got transferred with work into our new home in Mount Isa,
> Queensland!! Now this is a city that knows how to live!! Beautiful
> sunny days and warm balmy evenings. What a place! I watched the sunset
> from a deck chair on the veranda. It was beautiful. I've finally found
> my home. I love it here.
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> September 13th
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> >Really heating up. Got to 35 today. Not a problem. Live in an
> air-conditioned home, drive an air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to
> see the sun everyday like this. I'm turning into a sun worshipper.
>
> September 30th
> >Had the backyard landscaped with tropical plants today. Lots of palms
> and rocks. What a breeze to maintain. No more mowing lawn for me.
> Another scorcher today, but I love it here.
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> October 10th
> >The temperature hasn't been below 35 all week. How do people get used
> to this kind of heat? At least today it's kind of windy though. But
> getting used to the heat is taking longer than I expected.
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> October 15th
> >Fell asleep by the pool. Got 3rd degree burns over 60% of my body.
> Missed 3 days of work. What a dumb thing to do. I learned my lesson
> though. Got to respect the ol' sun in a climate like this.
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> October 20th
> >I missed Kitty (our cat) sneaking into the car when I left this
> morning. By the time I got to the hot car for lunch, Kitty had died and
> swollen up to the size of a shopping bag and stank up the $3,000
> Leather
> upholstery. I told the kids that she ran away. The car now smells like
> Wiskettes and cat poo. I learned my lesson though. No more pets in
> This heat.
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> October 25th
> >The wind sucks. It feels like a giant blow dryer!! And it's hot
> as hell. The home air-conditioner is on the blink and the AC repairman
> charged $200 just to drive over and tell me he needed to order parts.
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> October 30th
> >Been sleeping outside by the pool for 3 nights now. Bloody $300,000
> House and we can't even go inside. Why did I ever come here?
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> November 4th
> >It's 38 degrees. Finally got the ol' air-conditioner fixed today. It
> cost $500 and gets the temperature down to 25, but the bloody humidity
> makes the house feel like it's about 30. Stupid repairman! I hate this
> stupid place!!
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> November 8th
> >If another wise arse cracks, "Hot enough for you today?" I'm going to
> throttle him. heat! By the time I get to work the car's
> radiator was boiling over, my clothes are soakin wet, and I
> Smell like baked cat!!
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> November 9th
> >Tried to run some messages after work. Wore shorts, and sat on the
> black leather seats in the ol' car. I thought my arse was on
> fire. I lost 2 layers of flesh and all the hair on the back of my legs
> and my butt. Now my car smells like burnt hair, fried butt, and
> baked cat.
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> November 10th
> >The weather report might as well be a recording. Hot and sunny.
> Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny. It's been too hot to do anything
> for 2 damn months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next
> week. Doesn't it ever rain in this damn place? Water rationing
> will be next, so my $2,000 worth of palms just might dry up and blow
> into the pool. Even the palms can't live in this heat.
>
> November 14th
> >Welcome to HELL!!! Temperature got to 44 today. Now the
> air-conditioner's gone in my car. The repairman came to fix it and
> Said, "Hot enough for you today?" My wife had to spend the $2,500 mortgage
> payment to bail my arse out of jail for assaulting the stupid .
> Mount Isa, What kind of a sick demented idiot would want to
> live here?
>
> December 1st
> >WHAT?????
> Dec 1st is the first day of summer????
> You are kiddin!!
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