A STRANGE PLACE TO KEEP ONES TASTE!

Last week I had a young man in my store. He was focused on the Australian section. He was browsing the titles for a good 30 minutes before he finally made his selection and approached me at the counter. He had a gleeful look on his face and he asked me what I thought was the funniest Australian film ever made. "Oh geeze" I replied. I was put on the spot and without a lot of time to think, I named the first few that came to mind. "That's a hard one, mate" I continued... "If I had to pick a few on the spot then probably films like MALCOLM, THE BIG STEAL and DEATH IN BRUNSWICK". The guy gave me a weird little chuckle... you know, the type of self-absorbed and arrogant laugh that the nerdiest of nerds offer to those they deem less worthy. I continued "But really mate, that's a tough call. There's loads of great Aussie comedies and we all respond differently to comedy. Umm. Oh, BARRY MACKENZIE and DON'S PARTY are great too. Plus I also have a soft spot for KENNY". He gave another snigger and said "Its not hard at all. The answer is easy!" and with that he slammed CROCODILE DUNDEE IN LOS ANGELES in front of me. I raised my eyebrow, gave a nervous laugh and assumed that he was kidding "Ha. Good one" I said. So I scanned the disc onto his account and you'll never guess what happened. A message popped up to alert me that he had already seen the movie. With a quick click I checked his history to see that he had hired the same movie multiple times. He wasn't kidding. He DID think that CROC 3 was the funniest Aussie film of all time. Ha. Either he was mentally handicapped, in which case naaaawww... OR he was simply a twat with taste up his arse! You decide!

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