You know Alex, the one thing I have never enjoyed or accepted from the Aussies is their sense of humour. The Aussies fabricate things and think that is funny. They get the blokes to dress up as sheilas for a laugh. I make jokes about the truth. That is the humour I found in America and you still see it on TV. Raymond's show is just everyone putting each other down. Of course, this kind of humour doesn't go over so good on the internet and some take offense.
So I don't always detect when someone is pulling my leg. Even the girls do it here. I tend to believe what people say and get disappointed, then they tell me they were kidding me. One year on my birthday this Guitar store phoned me to tell me they had a special guitar in and were holding it for me. So I rushed over and when I got there he told me it was gone. I was bitterly disappointed and left the shop in a huff. The owner chased me up the street and I found out my ex had bought me a Brazilian Rosewood Martin D41 which cost a fortune. My day was spoiled even after getting that amazing gift.