COMP_OPER@darwin.ntu.edu.au (11/24/90)
A women described that one night, while she and her husband were making love, she suddenly noticed something sticking in his ear. When she asked him what it was he replied 'Be quiet! I'm listening to the cricket.' ***** When in Melbourne for the filming of Stanley Kramer's 'On the Beach', actress Ava Gardner thus described Melbourne: 'On the Beach' is a film about the end of the world and I couldn't think of a better place to film it. ***** Ernestine Hill (I have no idea who he is apart from this quote) has said that over many decades the citizens of Darwin fell into two categories - those who were paid to stay there and those who had no money to leave. Poster's note:- The jokes above come from the book 'Great Aussie Insults' by Bill Wannan (Viking O'Neil) -- Edited by Brad Templeton. MAIL your jokes (jokes ONLY) to funny@looking.ON.CA Attribute the joke's source if at all possible. A Daemon will auto-reply. Jokes posted instead of mailed often don't have a valid reply address.