Monday, January 28, 2008 - Australia Day Weekend, 2008
 Lots of sun, lots of lamb and lots of cricket this weekend.
Australia Day was Saturday, a nice, warm day with a chance of rain all across the district, except wherever we were, which would have been useful while we were being beaten at cricket in the afternoon. Shouldn't complain though... it was a nice day! The morning was the annual walk around the local town, then off to play cricket. Beaten, but that's not really news this year.
Sunday though, the state team (Victorian Bushrangers) played South Australia out here in an official match. I believe they send them out to a regional location once a year to spread the game to the grassroots level. Got in for free as part of my local club (along with the other local clubs) and raised money selling icecreams and drinks all day. Victoria had a good win, but the entertainment came from the drunk ten metres further along who decided to do a nudey run across the oval. He ran back along the gravel path around the boundary in bare feet, got dressed again, and continued drinking. Apparently his mates bet him $20 to do it. Nine of them. So he made $180. Nobody seemed to worry though, as the security or police never bothered to chase him.
Mind you... if any of my school kids were there, I know what their show and tell is gonna be come Wednesday morning!
Caught up with one of the kids there too, a young feller who's doing his last primary school year at another local school instead, which was a shame. Good to catch up with him though. You're not officially supposed to be friends with the kids, but there's always a few you get closer to than most. I can see the reasoning, but a good friend's not something to just toy around with, eh?
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - kids, friends, and streakers |
| Posted by Anonymous |
It does always seem like there are those few kids you get to be friends with. Those are the ones who bring their kids to meet you when they're back in town -- after they've grown up and moved away of course. When you get to be my age, Mr. V, you'll realize that some rules are meant to be broken. There are some kids who need a friend for life as much, or more, than they need a teacher for a year or 2.
"Nudey run"? I think that's what we call streaking in the US. There's a song by an American singer named Ray Stevens called "The Streak." It's a humorous song about a guy running around nude and being spotted all around a town by a man and his wife. Streaking was semi-popular in the US in the early 70's as a sort of protest.
~Cindy |
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by Mr V |
Well, officially he would have been called a streaker, yes. But he went on a nudey run! I swear we have more fun with the language than most other nationalities!
I do know the old Streak song. He's just as proud as he can be of his anatomy...
And yeah, some kids just seem to appreciate you more than the rest. I suppose that's what I mean by those who end up being friends. |
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