Around town

Had a few laughs around town the last few days. As a semi-retired bloke I probably have more time to take in a funny scenario or event than someone  who is rushing to work or running for an appointment. Busy people may see the onset of a developing situation but rush past before they can observe the funny outcome. Does that make sense?

Being a creature of habit, I go for an early morning walk (read here) before picking up a paper at the corner servo. The other morning I ran into the chap and his wife who walk the red cattle dog. As I approached, the dog cocked his leg up against a post. I said to the bloke, “I bet you can’t do that”. He replied, “I could but I’m not game!”

Back to the servo. On this occasion I purchased a loaf of bread with my newspaper. As she rung it up on the till the young lady said, “Any petrol?” I replied, “Yes, I filled up my pockets!” She gave me a funny look as I left. Stiff. I think what she asked was a bit rude because she was implying that I was in the act of escaping with a free tank of petrol.

Last Sunday, being a beautiful warm sunny day (suffer you Victorians), we decided to have fish and chips at one of the picnic tables along Pumistone Passage near Bulcock Beach. Bad move, it was the beginning of the September school holidays and all the tables were taken, so we sat outside the fish and chip shop store at a table on the footpath (yes I know “fish and chip store” sounds stupid but don’t blame me, blame the media for it’s infatuation for all things American).

As we sat eating our tasty fish and chips we were entertained by the other customers and people passing by. Far better than watching television and much healthier to boot. The kids thought they were in heaven as they walked past and crossed the road onto Bulcock Beach. Memories flooded back of my own childhood spent almost daily at the beach.

But back to the fish and chips. As we sat finishing our meal a young lady and her boyfriend stopped beside our table, and I heard her say, “Wow, the fish and chips look great!” As quick as a flash my wife said, “John.. NO!” I said, “What?” She said, “You know WHAT!” I feigned a surprised look and she said, “You were going to spoil that young girl’s lunch.” I said,”How?” She said, “You were going to say, fish and chips go to your hips!“ Funny how women can read your mind after a while.

A sign on the footpath on Nicklin Way - Mullet and Chips $6.40 - I thought, that’s not a bad deal, $6.40 for a haircut and a feed.