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A lot of new Australians live in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. A Chinaman had a fruit and vegie shop. Every Friday his neighbor, a Greek bloke with a snack bar, used to pass his shop on the way to bank his takings and he always called out, "What day is it, Chinaman?"
The Chinaman always replied, "Flyday, you Gleek plick."
Not 'Flyday', you dozey bastard. 'F-r-r-r-ri-day'. Why don't you learn to talk English proper?"
So, the Chinaman practised all week. The next Friday, the Greek called out, as usual, "What day is it, Chinaman?"
"F-r-r-ri-day, you Gleek plick."
A newer edition, published in 2000, unaccountably changed the joke so the Greek is the grocer; while the build up and punch line repeats, it does not have same the impact:
A Chinese guy does his shopping at a Greek greengrocer's. The Greek keeps picking on the Chinese because he can't pronounce the letter 'r'.
'It's Friday, you stupid prick, not Fliday.'
'Yeah yeah yeah, Fliday.'
After three months the Chinese had had enough and starts practicing how to say Friday. So the next time he goes to the greengrocer he says to the Greek: 'It's Friday, you Gleek plick." (Phillip Adams and Patrice Newell. The Penguin Book of All-New Australian Jokes. Ringwood: Penguin Books, 2000. 329.)
From "Babbler" to Jimmy Ah Foo
The Chinaman always replied, "Flyday, you Gleek plick."
Not 'Flyday', you dozey bastard. 'F-r-r-r-ri-day'. Why don't you learn to talk English proper?"
So, the Chinaman practised all week. The next Friday, the Greek called out, as usual, "What day is it, Chinaman?"
"F-r-r-ri-day, you Gleek plick."
A newer edition, published in 2000, unaccountably changed the joke so the Greek is the grocer; while the build up and punch line repeats, it does not have same the impact:
A Chinese guy does his shopping at a Greek greengrocer's. The Greek keeps picking on the Chinese because he can't pronounce the letter 'r'.
'It's Friday, you stupid prick, not Fliday.'
'Yeah yeah yeah, Fliday.'
After three months the Chinese had had enough and starts practicing how to say Friday. So the next time he goes to the greengrocer he says to the Greek: 'It's Friday, you Gleek plick." (Phillip Adams and Patrice Newell. The Penguin Book of All-New Australian Jokes. Ringwood: Penguin Books, 2000. 329.)
From "Babbler" to Jimmy Ah Foo