An interstate truck driver was hauling a load of PCs that were needed for a big sale that a well-known Queensland retailer was holding. On one rest-stop he went into a roadside restaurant, spotting an unusual sign above the door.

"NO NERDS ALLOWED - YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED".

He sat at a table and the owner came up to take his order. "Say mister, you smell like a Nerd."

"Oh no," explained the driver. 'That's just the smell of the computers I'm carrying as freight."

Just then a small man walked in. He wore thick-rimmed glasses that were held together with Elastoplast, had a pocket protector with sixteen types of pens in it, and corduroy pants held up with a belt that went almost twice around him. The owner grabbed a rifle and shot the nerd dead.

The truck driver was amazed. "Why did you do that?"

The restaurant owner explained: "This is Queensland and it's open season on nerds all year round."

The driver was amazed. He finished his meal and left. Just a couple of miles down the road, on a steep bend, his load shifted and dozens of computer boxes spilled on the road. He turned around hurriedly and drove back to find that already the area was swarming with people salvaging the computers, every one of them obviously a nerd. Enraged, he ploughed through the mob, scattering bodies in every direction.

Later that day, while being formally charged with 17 counts of murder, he asked if it wasn't true that it was open season on nerds in country Queensland.

"Yes", answered the policeman. "But you aren't allowed to bait them."