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As for Aussie beer?

Is the Queensland "XXXX" brand an American idea?

or is the following true...

Q: Why do men from Queensland name their beer XXXX?

A: Because they can't spell beer.

OK, enough with the Queensland Jokes.

The name is actually XXXX Gold and it is a damm good beer.

I tried some of the beers at a bar on Sydney Harbour once, it was the worst beer I've ever tasted. The barman assured me that it was one of the most popular beers in that neck of the woods. Maybe he was
just trying to sell something he couldn't shift to an unsuspecting tourist.

I thought the word to refer to girls these days was Chicks as in Hot Chicks.

My husband insisted on asking the Melbourne taxi drivers, why they needed Daylight Saving in Melbourne, as they seem to have the same amount of light as we do up here in North Queensland. I thought Oh Dear! My husband should realize that whilst in Melbourne do as the Melbournites do. These subtletys are lost on my Queensland husband.

I suspect Daylight Saving may work better in Melbourne because the climate is much milder than it is in North Queensland in the summer.

CHERFUL hang on! thought you said enough of the QLD jokes?

Apartment, bathroom and elevator.

But Belly, North Queenslanders are not the ones who feel compelled to forward the clocks one hour, instead of everybody simply starts an hour earlier without having to alter the clocks.

At 2.00pm in the Summer up here you could cook your dinner on the sidewalks. Things start to cool very slightly a bit after 3.00pm or rather as the time moves up to 4.00pm. With Daylight Saving the clocks say it is 3.00pm when it fact It is still only 2.00pm. Much too hot for the school kids coming out of school. The ultraviolet rays are intense and very dangerous in the North.

My Sister-In-Law did rather amuse us though, by saying, “that Daylight Saving would interfere with her husband’s bowel habits,” and of course we have the classic, “Daylight Saving will fade the curtains.” Maybe it is true what they say about people from the deep North.

Cherful,

I'll get in first:

"Sidewalks" !?

And as a former Sydney-sider, I don't begrudge Melbourne getting as much sun as it can - even just one extra hour, even if it might fade the curtains, and even if blokes have to get up an hour earlier and are be on the trams with embarrasing erections.

Or does that happen only in Queensland ? Hence, no daylight saving up there ?

Joe