Just been listening to a few jokes in hotel bar; the usual type one
hears in Aussie hotel bar. Another cupla jokes came up that I have
been hearing on and off all my life but just wondered are these
peculiar to Australia or do they feature in other parts of the world
also and perhaps in non-texan USA also??
 The story line always revolves around three people talking over a
beer, one Texan, one Aussie and one other nationality that could be
any really but often and Englishman. The other theme is usually to do
with size, and invariably the other nationality opens up with how  big
something is or was in his/her country ,then the Texan  scoffs at that
by being able to show that in Texas what the Englishman described as
big would be considered tiny in Texas(often a ranch, or piece of land)
which then leaves the Aussie to put both to shame by saying Australia
has sheep farms bigger than all Texas or a similar putdown to do with
size. Anyway are such jokes only to be found in Oz and therefore are
alien to other peoples ears or do they prevail in other parts of the
world. And I suppose any samples would be nice to hear too..  N.B We
Aussies by the way dont aim to always try and show biggest or best in
Australia and laugh just as much when jokes come from others that
ridicule or put down Australians, especially when it comes to our
levels of sophistication and finesse.   JFM

Yes there are a lot of Jokes about Texas and Texians in the USA also,
and esp. about size being all important.  I am from New Mexico where
all the Texans go to Ski and take in the Opera.  We used to always say
that if God wanted Texans to Ski he would have given them a mountain. 
:)

Two Texans are talking:

--Why, I can git in my pick-up, start at one end of my ranch in the
mornin', drive all day, and not git to the other end 'till sundown


--Yep.  I had a truck like that, once.

Funny, but Texan jokes have been in vogue here just in the past 4ish years.

I was born and raised in Oklahoma. Jokes about Texas and Texans are
plentiful here. O'course, we don't call the place "Texas." We call it
"Baja Oklahoma."

hi John,

I have never heard a joke about Texans in Holland before, however I
did hear a similar joke like the type you mentioned, just that the
Texan was an American................

............not that "your" Texan wasnt American............

Like Anne Marie, I heard the jokes about the "Texans" regarding
Americans. More specifically, Paf's joke about the tractors? I know
the East German version:

West German/American: I get up in the morning, start my tractor and I
am not at the end of the field by down.

East German: Before unification, I also had a tractor like that.

JFM,

I'll let you recite the one about the Texan visiting Sydney and asking
about the Bridge.

This one's for real though. A Texan acquaintance through work was
offering out strawberries. We commented on how big and tasty they
were. He couldn't help it. He just had to reply with: "We use these as
seeds back home".

Phil

The form of the joke is reminiscent of english 'an englishman, an
irishman and a scotsman jokes.

E.G. An Englishman an Irishman and a Scotsman were in a pub, talking
about their sons. My son was born on St George's Day," commented the
English man. "So we obviously decided to call him George" "That's a
real coincidence," remarked the Scot. "My son was born on St Andrew's
Day, so obviously we decided to call him Andrew."
"That's incredible, what a coincidence, "said the Irishman. "Exactly
the same thing happened with my son Pancake."

As for texas jokes, i dont know any english ones about texans and
size, but there is this one i know,

What's the definition of a texan virgin?
A girl who can run faster than her brother.