Some Moments

Late yesterday afternoon I carried an office jockey home to Bankstown in Sydney's south west. His house was a newish two storey brick monument to privacy. As he filled out the paperwork the house next door caught my eye. It was a shabby fifties fibro shack with an aged caravan in the front yard. Tethered to the van was a baby goat grazing on the lawn. It was a novel sight in my taxi travels and I guessed the owner intended eating the little bugger.

After midnight a journalist related how his office was gearing up for the forthcoming State election. ‘Do you realise’, I remarked, ‘that your mob and the pollies are probably the only ones interested in the event ?’. He quickly set me straight. ‘It would be a mistake to assume we’re actually interested. If we had our way we’d print a front page banner - "Vote for none of the bludgers" - but that’s probably illegal’. ‘Well’, I assured him, ‘at least that painful campaign will warm you up for the Federal election later on’. ‘Yeah’, he quipped, ‘Mr Dull versus Mr Duller !’. Problem is, it’s unclear who he meant by ‘Mr Duller’, Howard or Rudd ?

Finally at 2 am I was hailed by a hotel bouncer in Newtown. Needing one more job to complete the night I cautiously grilled the bouncer. ‘Nah, it’s four women’, he said, ‘they’re okay, just a little drunk’. After an eternity four Scottish women poured themselves into the cab for Waterloo.

Yes, they were drunk, legless in fact but also funny, delightful and no trouble. There was a daughter in her twenties, her mother around fifty, a grandmother around seventy and her friend. It didn’t take long for them to break into song, belting out a classic.

A song I’d like to share with you, if only on the basis that a problem shared is a problem halved, so I can hopefully get the bastard out of my head. Now sing, sing a song with Karen...please..?

Comments

[foolery]

Oh, thank you for that, Adrian. Thank you so much. Problem halved, indeed. At least I was able to pass the problem along -- thank you, YouTube.

I think I need an extra sandwich today.

Cheers!

Laurie

[Anthony]

I'd suggest the owner's designs for the goat prior to its being eaten is having its throat slit while facing Mecca.