Australia and Mateship
Mateship amongst Women
A woman didn’t come home one night. The next day she told her husband that she had slept over at a girlfriend’s house. The suspicious man called his wife’s 10 best friends. None of them knew anything about it.
Mateship amongst Men
A man didn’t come home one night. The next day he told his wife that he had slept over at a mate’s house. The woman called her husband’s 10 best friends. Eight of them confirmed that he had slept over and two claimed that he was still there.
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