July 24, 2007

English as a second language

Neville the Aborigine had been out of work for a long time
and when he was offered the job at the council as a
garbage collector he decided to take it up. On his first
day things were going great until he arrived at one house
and noticed there was no wheelie bin out front.

Neville thought to himself, "I wanna do a good job and not
get fired from here but if they find out I missed one house
then I will get fired."

So he went up to the door and knocked on it.

To his surprise it was a fellow Aborigine who answered.
Neville breathed a sight of relief and said to the other
bloke, "Where's ya bin?"

The man replied, "I bin on 'olidays,"

Neville then said, "Na, mate, where's ya BIN?"

"I bin on 'olidays I tell ya," was the reply.

Neville, slightly frustrated, says, "Na, ya idiot --
where's ya wheelie bin?"

The other bloke looked round to see who might be listening.
"Well," he said. "I weally bin in jail -- but I'm tellin'
everyone I bin on 'olidays, eh!"

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