A conversation while buying beer in Melbourne

Clerk: It's nice to meet some smart Americans for a change.

Us: Oh?

Clerk: Yesterday, two Americans came in here asking where a duty free shop is, and so I pointed at that street right there and said, "Just walk up that street, take a left, and you'll see one on the corner."

Us: Uh-huh.

Clerk: And the guy says, "But that street's a one-way street."

Us: What?

Clerk: I know! So I say, "What do you mean?" And he says, "It's a one-way street, you can't walk the wrong direction up it." So I said, "It's one way for cars! You can walk up in on your damn hands if you want to."

Posted by Jason Feifer at May 25, 2005 07:49 AM