Fair Dinkum Cobber

Having lived in Sydney for several years, I remember this clearly. It's all fair dinkum, cobber:

A very loud Texan Engineer was visiting Australia, and talking big about all of the large civil works in the USA that he was involved in. To be polite his Australian counterpart took him on a tour of some of Sydney's larger constructions.

First he took him to the Sydney Tower. The Texan exclaimed, "What’s that!” In reply the Australian said, "That's the Sydney Tower. 305 metres high". "Hmmph" said the Texan, "How long and how many men did it take to build?” The Australian replied, "About 7 years with 1000 men." The Texan replied, "Well in Texas we would've done it in 2 years with 500 men."

Next they went to the Sydney Opera House. "What's that" said the Texan. "That's the Sydney Opera House" came the reply. "Hmmph" said the Texan, "How long and how many men did it take to build?” The Australian replied, "About 15 years with 3000 men". The Texan replied "Well in Texas we would've done it in 4 years with 300 men."

By this stage the Australian was a little put out by the Texan's attitude so he decided to get some revenge, they walked around the Sydney Opera House and as they did the Sydney Harbour Bridge came into view.

Immediately the Texan exclaimed, "Wow! What's that?"

The Australian Engineer replied, "I don't know, it wasn't there yesterday."