Well, Tasmania is an island off the coast of Australia. There are not too many people there so everyone is forced to marry their close relatives. Even the dogs have got club-feet.
There are quite a few jokes about it. Like, Whats a Tasmanian virgin? A girl who can run faster than her father and brothers.....
An island state of Australia, At 26,200 square miles, Tasmania is roughly the size of Sri Lanka, and hangs off south-eastern Australia rather like Sri Lanka hangs off the south of the Indian sub-continent. Though legally part of Oz, it is often thought of by visitors -- and occasional residents -- as a separate country.
Some travel guides feel it necessary to point out that the language spoken by Tasmanians is English and that the currency used is the Australian dollar. A great number of jokes, most of them quite unfunny, are made by Australian mainlanders about Tasmanians. The latter are also beginning to joke about the place, since many of them have left following a downturn in the local economy several years ago. The slack was not taken up completely by a greater emphasis on tourism, with the result that Tasmania has a declining population (about 500,000 at present) and a higher unemployment rate than any other Australian state.
I have the full collection of Kevin Bloody Wilson, let me know if you want a copy, funniest damn stuff you ever heard. I'll send you the song Santa Claus for Kwithmith
kevin bloody wilson? lol .. he'd be a Taswegian for sure! Hey Beck .. I just got your email address of the "kelpie" thread (this computer won't part with email addy's the normal way .. ughh)
Uncs, how are we meant to have a hot smoochy love affair over the internet if you don't have your email up and in operation?
I have opened a hotmail account for you. This affair of the heart is not going to work unless you have access to email. You can use this email addy but I need to know you are online before I post the details.