Lady-Bob
15-08-2006, 10:46 AM
On a tour of the North of Queensland, the Queen took a couple of days off to visit the coast. Her Range Rover was driving along the white sands when there was an enormous commotion.
They rushed to see what it was and upon approaching the scene the Queen noticed, just outside the surf, a hapless man wearing an All Black's jumper, struggling frantically to free himself from the jaws of a 40 foot shark!
At that exact moment a speedboat containing three men wearing Wallabys jumpers sped into view.
One of the men took aim at the shark and fired a harpoon into its ribs, immobilising it instantly.
The other two reached out and pulled the All Black fan from the water and, using long clubs, beat the shark to death.
They bundled the bleeding, semi-conscious man into the speedboat along with the dead shark and prepared for a hasty retreat, when they heard frantic calling from the shore...... It was the Queen calling them to the beach.
On reaching land the Queen went into raptures about the rescue and said,
"I'll give you a knighthood for your brave actions. I heard that the people of New Zealand and Australia hated each other. But now I've see this it's a truly enlightened example of tribal harmony which could serve as a model for other nations."
She knighted them and drove off.
As she departed the harpoonist asked the others, "Who was that?!"
One answered, "That was the Queen. She rules the Commonwealth
and knows everything about our countries."
"Well," the harpoonist replied, "she knows 'er stuff about shark fishing all right. How's the bait holding up, or do we need to get another one?"
They rushed to see what it was and upon approaching the scene the Queen noticed, just outside the surf, a hapless man wearing an All Black's jumper, struggling frantically to free himself from the jaws of a 40 foot shark!
At that exact moment a speedboat containing three men wearing Wallabys jumpers sped into view.
One of the men took aim at the shark and fired a harpoon into its ribs, immobilising it instantly.
The other two reached out and pulled the All Black fan from the water and, using long clubs, beat the shark to death.
They bundled the bleeding, semi-conscious man into the speedboat along with the dead shark and prepared for a hasty retreat, when they heard frantic calling from the shore...... It was the Queen calling them to the beach.
On reaching land the Queen went into raptures about the rescue and said,
"I'll give you a knighthood for your brave actions. I heard that the people of New Zealand and Australia hated each other. But now I've see this it's a truly enlightened example of tribal harmony which could serve as a model for other nations."
She knighted them and drove off.
As she departed the harpoonist asked the others, "Who was that?!"
One answered, "That was the Queen. She rules the Commonwealth
and knows everything about our countries."
"Well," the harpoonist replied, "she knows 'er stuff about shark fishing all right. How's the bait holding up, or do we need to get another one?"