Some times you are in the right place at the right time,mostly it does not work out this way.

Bad timing....
Couple of weeks back i was walking through town and was about to round the corner on to the main drag.As I rounded the corner,the crowd across the street started chanting as they crossed the road.All good I thought,it was a protest about "same sex"marriage .

From where the photographer was taking the picture for the local news paper.....

It looks like I was leading the protest...................................

Good timing.....
Today....

Around lunch time, I was just getting comfortably numb and sitting out the front of the shack ,pulling motors apart for scrap.
I heard someone yell"mate,maaaate".....

Thinking it was just the old guy next door going off at something I ignored it...
I have lived next door for a few years and have spoken maybe 3 times if that.He does his own thing and leaves me to do mine...

sure that maybe dancing nude under a full moon,
nothing weird,2 full moons this month
I digress.....

About 2 mins later i hear "help".....This can't be good i think...means I'm gunna have to get up.I look over the fence and there is the old guy,sprawled out on the ground,
covered in blood...not looking to good........
So over the fence I go to suss out what needs doing,Look down huge pool of blood,hair and scalp.......Now either I have just ruined a movie shoot or he has had a spill.

What to do?now it kicks in I have seen heaps of MASH on tv ...
IV stat.....

Check out my hands and they are covered in grease and oil from the motors,
Look at the old guy and tell him "i will be back in a minute need to get cleaned up and
get some things to fix you up"....

Head inside to my shack ,washed up,grabbed a few things to repair his head.
(newguy ..gaffa tape good for repairing heads, not boards)

Think for a sec.... gunna need to call ambo for him ,grab phone....
Better have a hot one or two while i am here.....

Back to the old guy,sort his head out,wrap him in a blanket like a ****ing "mummy" and make sure he is all good.
Sort of...I was having trouble understanding him as he tried to tell me what happened.
This can not be good I thought........
Then I remembered that he has a heavy Dutch accent and i never new what he was saying at the best of times...

Called the ambo and then kicked back to wait.
So I think next to see if he is aware of the situation.
First I asked him "what day is it"...reply"Monday"
If you are ever in this type of situation always know the answer to the question you are asking the bloke with the huge hole in his head,before asking.....
"Monday",,,
**** what day is it?...I think to myself

So again I ask "what day is it?'... reply..."Thursday"
(**** I feel like i am in the "bridge of death"scene from Monty Python.)

Different question..."how long you been here ?"...Reply "about forty years".....

**** I give up,,,ambo shows up and carts him off to hospital

He had been on the ground for about an hour in total,His wife was not due home for at least 2 or three hours.

Bad Timing...

I had to go and tell his missus what had happened after he was in the ambo.
This involved me heading down to the senior citz's club.Now for those who have been unfortunate enough to have seen my head know this is not gunna end well.
So down to the club I head and in i go....Wednesday lunch time it turns out is dance
day so the place was full.Pretty sure one or two of the old girls had a heart flutter,either thinking that I was about tho rob the place or that "Fabio" had turned up for dance day.
Pretty sure that was obtc's gran in the corner with a wet stringand doing streches.
Not sure who was more scared me or them....



Just heard he is in hospital for a few days and is ok....

Cool under pressure Great story and good timing for him that you were there!

Good work dude, now put ya feet up and have a couple , you earnt them today.

Did you really sneak a quick 1 before going back

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SP said...

Good work dude, now put ya feet up and have a couple , you earnt them today.

Did you really sneak a quick 1 before going back

Thats why he was "cool" under pressure

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DUDE said...



Head inside to my shack ,washed up,grabbed a few things to repair his head.
(newguy ..gaffa tape good for repairing heads, not boards)

haha

Mate, there goes my method of fixing the Single Hemarhoid Red But in honestly, you're an inspiration dude. In this world, there aren't that many good blokes left that'd help out a stranger like that. You deserve those beers and perfect surf next time you paddle out!

that was the coolest story yet hey dude you should change your name to "the dude" because you are great reply newguy

my favourite bit was where you asked him a question and you didn't know the answer

That's exactly what I would do.

I bet I wake up in the middle of the night still chuckling about that.

Just shows to go you, you don't need to be best mates with someone to still be a good neighbor.

By the way, can you please ask my granny to put down the string, put some cloths on and come home?

way to go fella

Jeepers Dude that is one hell of day you had there. Glad to see you have pulled through it ok and that the neighbour is on the mend. Can i ask what he did to get him into that state? And make sure you post the pic of you from the newspaper !!!

Cool under pressure....nope not me.....
However Dudedog performed extremely well.The whole time he sat and licked his balls...
Now that is cool under pressure.

SP....it was only fair as the old guy had downed a few beers.....
Also thought it might help understanding him...

obct....technically I knew the answer ,well I knew it was not Monday....

When he said Thursday ,that really had me ****ed,I did not know weather he was right or I needed another hot one.

Ted....Beer,age and old people's meds...
as for the newspaper I can only hope that it never appeared and another shot was used

Hot one

bamboo schooners weiry

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chrispychru said...

bamboo schooners weiry

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weiry said...

chrispychru said...

bamboo schooners weiry

Does he drink bong water

he might hey weiry, have you got any dates sorted for next year yet?

should of given the old boy one

feb / mar is a nice time of year chrispy... mid week so sweet

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weiry said...

should of given the old boy one

weiry the old bloke was dutch...and he doesnt grow tomato plants.

Great story Dude.

Amazing how this place has become the hang out for the variety.

Are there any Longboarders here? Cripples, boogie boarders, Washed up Sup'ers, a dilusional dog or two. What a mix. Best place to hang out on the interweb.

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chrispychru said...

weiry said...

should of given the old boy one

weiry the old bloke was dutch...and he doesnt grow tomato plants.

so lets get the story right,
Dude smacked the old guy

can you say ****ters on the breeze

so you can say ters but not ****

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CMC said...

Great story Dude.

Amazing how this place has become the hang out for the variety.

Are there any Longboarders here? Cripples, boogie boarders, Washed up Sup'ers, a dilusional dog or two. What a mix. Best place to hang out on the interweb.

I'm a cosmonaut droooool bzzzzzzzzzzzt mark occhilupo I was in my wildest wet drooooool bzzzzzzzzt stud for hire stud by name bzzzzzzzzzt

@weiry
wtf? yes dude is cheech and chongs australian cousin

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@weiry
wtf? yes dude is cheech and chongs australian cousin

too many schooners - the bamboo

just got back from mums place, fark the old girl hit the roof, she found me harassing her gold fish with my NEW gopro, She recons im a pain in the arse

hahahaha

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weiry said...

just got back from mums place, fark the old girl hit the roof, she found me harassing her gold fish with my NEW gopro, She recons im a pain in the arse

Put up the vid

Front view avatar just for tonight.

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doggie said...

weiry said...

just got back from mums place, fark the old girl hit the roof, she found me harassing her gold fish with my NEW gopro, She recons im a pain in the arse

Put up the vid

Hahahha i will doggie but i know nothing about software or editing, do you now of some editing S/W, cheep/free. going to take this thig away and trying to get a handle before i go