We’re lucky in North Queensland because the only animal that might attack you on land is a crocodile. I live opposite a river and there have been plenty of ‘Beware… Crocodiles!’ signs put up over the years. I don’t mean the dainty, mild mannered, freshwater crocodiles either, I mean the toothy, saltwater, bad boys.
The thing is if you’re confronted by a crocodile as you’re walking along the river, you can always scramble up a tree to escape its jaws. The beauty of crocodiles is they can’t climb trees whereas bears can, and so can lions. Whenever I go for a walk, I keep my eyes peeled for suitable trees to climb should a crocodile decide to scale the riverbank and lunge at me. I like the look of the ones with low branches because I don’t have much upper body strength.
We were having this discussion last night just before bed and I thought it might be an interesting blog post so I jotted down the word ‘crocodile’ on a note beside my bed so I wouldn’t forget about it.
Aren’t you glad?
It’s not very interesting at all really, is it? I don’t know why it seemed so riveting last night.
Wine, I suppose.
Scotto told me an extremely politically incorrect joke last night which I also thought would be something you’d like to read about and I jotted it down… but now I’m having second thoughts.
I was very excited when he started to tell me because Scotto rarely tells me jokes due to the fact I never laugh at them.
This one had to be funny.
“And then the guy said, ‘No. He choked on a sock’” Scotto finished off with the punchline and waited for me to snigger.
I sat in silence digesting it for a while. “You must have got it wrong, Scotto,” I frowned. “That’s not even slightly funny.”
He furrowed his brow in confusion. “No… that’s the joke. I’m sure I got it right,” but I could see him doubting himself.
“Tell it to me again,” I badgered. So he did.
“But that’s just silly,” I argued. “How would a grown man fit in a washing machine? It doesn’t make sense.”
“No,” he coughed nervously. “He wasn’t in a washing machine, Pinky.”
“Well, that’s still not funny. Why would there be a sock in the bath?” I was red in the face with frustration by now. I’d never heard such a stupid joke.
“Well, I thought it was funny anyway,” he sulked, gulping down his sav blanc.
Suddenly, the hazy cloud of stupidity cleared from above me, the traffic controllers waved my brain in for landing and I got the joke at last.
I laughed hysterically for fifteen minutes, choked on my own spit and pulled a muscle in my stomach.
I’m not sure if I should publish it on my blog because someone might get upset…
I’ll tell you what, I’ll put it in a small font so don’t read it if you have any qualms about people laughing at serious medical conditions.
Two guys were sitting on a bus and one told the other a joke.
“What do you do if you see an epileptic having a fit in the bath?
Throw in your washing.”
The guy behind them leaned over and said, "I think that's disgusting. My son died in the bath whilst having a fit."
The two men both went white and apologised profusely. “Did he drown?” one of the men asked.
The guy got up to get off and said, "No. He choked on a sock."
It’s awful isn’t it?
Bloody funny though.
“And then the guy said, ‘No. He choked on a sock’” Scotto finished off with the punchline and waited for me to snigger.
I sat in silence digesting it for a while. “You must have got it wrong, Scotto,” I frowned. “That’s not even slightly funny.”
He furrowed his brow in confusion. “No… that’s the joke. I’m sure I got it right,” but I could see him doubting himself.
“Tell it to me again,” I badgered. So he did.
“But that’s just silly,” I argued. “How would a grown man fit in a washing machine? It doesn’t make sense.”
“No,” he coughed nervously. “He wasn’t in a washing machine, Pinky.”
“Well, that’s still not funny. Why would there be a sock in the bath?” I was red in the face with frustration by now. I’d never heard such a stupid joke.
“Well, I thought it was funny anyway,” he sulked, gulping down his sav blanc.
Suddenly, the hazy cloud of stupidity cleared from above me, the traffic controllers waved my brain in for landing and I got the joke at last.
I laughed hysterically for fifteen minutes, choked on my own spit and pulled a muscle in my stomach.
I’m not sure if I should publish it on my blog because someone might get upset…
I’ll tell you what, I’ll put it in a small font so don’t read it if you have any qualms about people laughing at serious medical conditions.
Two guys were sitting on a bus and one told the other a joke.
“What do you do if you see an epileptic having a fit in the bath?
Throw in your washing.”
The guy behind them leaned over and said, "I think that's disgusting. My son died in the bath whilst having a fit."
The two men both went white and apologised profusely. “Did he drown?” one of the men asked.
The guy got up to get off and said, "No. He choked on a sock."
It’s awful isn’t it?
Bloody funny though.
Are you slow to get jokes? Got one to share?