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Dave
03-12-2009, 23:52
I dont normally post jokes on here but this one tickled my funny bone...

August 31 - Just got transferred with work from Leeds UK to our new home
in Adelaide, South Australia. Now this is a town that knows how to
live! Beautiful, sunny days and warm, balmy evenings. I watched the
sunset from a deckchair by the pool yesterday. It was beautiful. I've
finally found my new home. I love it here.

September 13 - Really heating up now. It got to 31 today. No problem
though. Living in air-conditioned home, driving air-conditioned car.
What a pleasure to see the sun every day like this. I'm turning into a
sun-worshipper.

September 30th - Had the back yard landscaped with tropical plants
today. Lots of palms and rocks. No more mowing lawns for me. Another
scorcher today, but I love it here.

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 windy though.
Keeps the flies off a bit. Acclimatizing is taking longer than I
expected.

October 15th - Fell asleep by the pool yesterday. Got third degree burns
over 60% of my body. Missed three days of work. What a dumb thing to do!
Got to respect the ol' sun in a climate like this.

October 20th - Didn't notice Kitty (our cat) sneaking into the car
before I left for work this morning. By the time I got back to the car
after work, Kitty had died and swollen up to the size of a shopping bag
and stuck to the upholstery. The car now smells like Whiskettes and cat
shit. I've earned my lesson though: no more pets in this heat.

October 25 - This wind is a bastard. It feels like a giant f*ckin' blow
dryer. And it's hot as hell! The home air conditioner is on the blink
and the repair man charged $200 just to drive over and tell me he needs
to order parts from f*ckin' Perth....

October 30th - The temperature's up around 40 and the parts still
haven't arrived for the f*ckin' aircon. Been sleeping outside by the
pool for three nights now. Bloody $600,000 house and we can't even go
inside. Why the hell did I ever come here?

November 4 - Finally got the ol' aircon fixed. It cost $1,500 and gets
the temperature down to around 25 degrees, but the humidity makes it
feel about 30. Stupid repairman.

November 8 - If one more smart arse says 'Hot enough for you today?' I'm
going to f*ckin' throttle him. F*ckin' heat! By the time I get to work,
the car's radiator is boiling over, my clothes are soaking f*ckin' wet
and I smell like baked cat!

November 9 Tried to run some errands after work, wore shorts, and sat on
the black leather upholstery in the ol' car. I thought my f*ckin' arse
was on fire. I lost two layers of flesh, all the hair on the backs of my
legs and my f*ckin' arse. Now the car smells like burnt hair, fried arse
and baked cat!

November 10 - Weather report! It might as well be a f*ckin' recording.
Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny, Hot and f*ckin' sunny! It's been too hot
to do anything for two f*ckin' months and the weatherman says it might
really warm up next week.

November 15 - Doesn't it ever rain in this damn f*ckin' place? Water
restrictions will be next, so my $5,000 worth of palms might just dry up
and blow into the f*ckin' pool. The only things that thrive in this
hell-hole are the f*ckin' flies. You don't dare open your mouth for fear
of swallowing half a dozen of the fuckers!

November 20th - Welcome to HELL! It got to 45 f*ckin' degrees today. Now
the air conditioner's gone in my car.. The repair man came to fix it and
said, 'Hot enough for you today?' I had to spend the $2,500 mortgage
payment to bail me out of jail for assaulting the stupid fucker. F*ckin'
Adelaide! What kind of sick, demented f*ckin' idiot would want to live
here!

December 1 -
WHAT!!!!
The first day of Summer!!!!
You are f*ckin' kidding!

guffo
04-12-2009, 06:43
yeah that's a good'un Dave,i have heard/read it before,only difference was,it said Mt Isa i think.but still a good chuckle all the same.

:D guffo

Fishmarket
04-12-2009, 10:09
Nice one Dave, being a POM myself I have absolutely no sympathy whatsoever ... he he. I'm glad I'm going to the UK for a month over Christmas for some serious cold air, wind, rain and being able to leave the milk out all night and it's still cold the next morning ... bloody winging POM's!!!

Dave
04-12-2009, 18:10
Yeah Matt I was a pom for the first 5 years of my life but I was cured when I got exported to Auz... woohoo... sooooo glad I didnt grow up there with one of funny accents.
Absolutely NO desire to go back there. Was bad enough having to go to London to change planes to go to Holland.

chin
04-12-2009, 20:29
It still baffles me why so many Poms settled in Adelaide (salisbury and Elizabeth area). I guess they didn't do their homework first. It really is like living under a hairdryer. :eek:

pommy-git
12-12-2009, 11:46
I dont care how hot it gets. As far as I am concerned there is nothing worse than being cold. We had one morning up here in the winter that was only 10 degrees. If it happens again next winter I might have to go further north.