Tuesday, February 23

In defence, a quiz regarding bushwalking

Two options for a holiday as a youngster, please choose your preferred;

a/ Bushwalking -wet socks, wearing a red poncho, walk 4 hours up a mountain only to stand next to a group of tourists who caught the gondolier, 20 minute rest, a handful of nuts and sultanas, wonder why we didn't get the gondolier, 4 hours down to camp, a splash in the ice cold stream, nice bowl of rice-a-riso, lay your head on a blow up mattress that has a leak, wake with your head resting on the ground, put on your wet socks, go again...

b/ The beach

A schmuck is a group of jellyfish.... I am not a group of jellyfish.
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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Before you get writing on your 'ungrateful so and so, back in my day' rant...

My formative holidays were actually great, but I guess I have a reputation to uphold for disliking them, and I know that this assessment will sting dad to his heart - "I thought he loved that poncho".

1:07 pm
Jake said...

Luxury... I had to get up before sunrise, soak my dry socks in an ice bath, walk 7 hours up the mountain, and if I didn't beat that Gondola, ooohhh I was beaten senseless with my own walking stick.

I don't know what these young people are going on about..

4:09 pm
Newcastle Roffs said...

The best three things to take on a walk are:

1. A poncho
2. SCROGAN
3. Not Millie

Tood

7:36 pm
grant said...

Admittedly, I wrote most of it, but according to my dictionary a schmuck is "n. (sl) a foolish or contemptible person (Yiddish)" A school of jellyfish is, well, a school of jellyfish. What would jellyfish actually do at a "school"? How much education do you need to do what a jellyfish does? Bushwalking (in a red poncho - smirk..) made you the man you are today, Joe. Show some gratitude!

11:07 pm
daniel said...

A red poncho, eh? It all sounds very "Little Red Riding Hood". Which is an interesting image.

5:25 pm

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