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In Reply to: Why don't you ask JJ sometime, then? posted by Silver Eared John on February 19, 2006 at 13:56:04:
Well, you see, on the train line between Brisbane and Alice Springs lies a small town called "Mercy". Now, local lore suggests that's what the first, temporary inhabitant of the place said as he fell over, collapsing in the heat from dehydration, but never mind that.Anyhow, the train stops there for about 20 minutes on the average day, simply because the run is long and straight, and the conductor is obligated to keep the train there until the scheduled departure time. Many passengers use this as an excuse to get out, stretch their legs, etc.
One American fellow decided to walk into the "speciality tea house" a block from the station. The sign in the dusty window said "specialities in teas, infusions, and herbal drinks". So, the fellow walks in, and the walls are literally lined with infusions, teas, herbal drinks, you-name-it. After some consideration, the fellow decides on "infusion of Koala", perhaps because he was curious, or foolish, or well, just because he was an American, and thought that Koala bears were cuddly. (He'd obviously never met one close up, eh?)
So, the guy takes a really grubby, not-very-healthy Koala out of a cage (you do realize they don't live in the outback, right?), and just dips the foot and the butt in some hot water spread out in a shallow pan, and then tosses the Koala back in the cage. (I understand the fellow was later cited by the RSPCA, which seems quite appropriate, but that's another matter indeed.)
Ok, he pours the water from the shallow pan into a cup and hands it to our feckless tourist. Ok, the water's hot, at least the germs are probably dead, the fellow thinks, and asks "um, could you get the bits of floating stuff out of it first".
Unaccountably, the proprietor (who was in fact one of those stereotypical quirky fierce fellows you only see in movies) flew into a rage. He threw the "tea" into the tourist's face, grabbed the guy, and tossed him out of the shop on his nose.
As the tourist limped painfully back toward the train, he shouted:
I tell you, the Koala Tea of Mercy is not STRAINED!(need I point out the ficticious nature of this story?)
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- You did hear about the tea shop in Australia, didn't you? - real_jj 11:32:28 03/06/06 (0)
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