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COMICS, BRAIN-BENDERS AND TELEVISION

o AN IDIOT called the airportfor flight information.

‘‘How long is your flightfrom Darwin to Sydney?’’ heasked.

‘‘Just a minute,’’ thepleasant agent replied.‘‘Thank you,’’ he said andhung up.

o THERE were two blondesgoing to California.

They are about two hoursinto the flight and the pilotgets on the intercom andsays: ‘‘We just lost an enginebut it is all right, we havethree more but it will take usan hour longer.’’

A half-hour later he gets onthe intercom again and says:‘‘We just lost another enginebut its all right we have twomore it will take us anotherhalf-hour though.’’

One of the blondes says tothe other: ‘‘If we lose the twolast engines we will be uphere all day!’’

o A PRE-SCHOOL teachersees her student Chrispicked up by an older womanafter school.

The next day she asks him:‘‘Was that yourgrandmother?’’

‘‘Yes,’’ Chris said. ‘‘She’scome to visit us.’’

‘‘How nice,’’ said theteacher. ‘‘Where doesshe live?’’

‘‘At the airport,’’ Chrisreplied. ‘‘Whenever we wanther, we just go out there andget her.’’

QUIZ1. WHICH rugby leagueteam did AndrewEttingshausen play hiswhole career with?2. WHICH cult movie spoofrock band reunited atGlastonbury 2009?3. PHNOM Penh is thecapital of which country?4. WHICH prolific Australianopening batsman retired inearly 2009?5. WHICH country becameindependent from SouthAfrica in 1990?

ANSWERS: 1. Cronulla Sharks;2. Spinal Tap; 3. Cambodia;4. Matthew Hayden; 5. Namibia

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