Whimsical tales from a Bricklayer
ALLO! ALLO! How did we get to this? A five star overnight stay in the (French)SOFITEL in Darling harbor and a French restaurant in one of Sydney’s most vibrant tourist areas. For a lot of people this would seem unattainable… If there is one thing this covid crisis has done, it is to make the […]
It still tickles me… I must have seen it a dozen times… The young female reporter fighting the elements, doing her best… hanging on for dear life whilst trying to stay in camera shot, trying to deliver her storm report…. GREAT STUFF…. I giggle because I know what’s coming… it’s the anticipation… the awkwardness… knowing, […]
It’s pi…drizzling down today, what can I tell you… I hate the rain. It’s obviously a throwback to my days on muddy building sites in Scotland. Of course you don’t just have the rain to contend with, not just the excess water. No… it’s the gale force blusters which just about blow’s ye sideward. The […]
I MUST HAVE THE MOST GENERIC HEAD OF ALL TIME!!! Here’s a question for you… Have you ever taken a good look at your own melon (napper, head etc) and thought …I wonder if there is anyone on this planet who looks like me… or wants too? It’s happened to me at least four times […]
HEY WASSUP DOG? …DUDE? …PEEPS, I was pondering the universe.. as I’m wont to do, whilst driving home from dropping the grandkids off. And it occurred to me.. not for the first time… that I’m not particularly cool. Now I’ve always known this nugget of information… And my wife… she would have sussed that out […]
I’m inspired this morning…I’ve been awake since 5.30 am. It’s not that amazing really. I’m used to getting up early for work… Being a brickie, entails getting up at God forsaken hours to earn one’s honest crust: Courtesy of mortgage, rent or bladder pressures… However those days are on a hiatus whilst I deal with […]