Quatradactyl of the day
Can there be a phrase more poetic than ...
The man staggered back to the pub, bleeding heavily.
The actual story's a fairly bog standard tale of drunk/mentally ill person survives trip to zoo, but for some reason I just love the sound of "the man staggered back to the pub, bleeding heavily". It definitely sounds Byronic.
I thought the answer to "What do you call a sixteen foot long crocodile that's biting your leg off?" was "Sir" rather than "Fatso". Call him fat and what's he going to do but eat some more, as Samuel L.Jackson would say.
ReplyDeleteYes, the killer detail is that having been thrown out of the pub, and having gone to take it out on an 800kg predatory reptile, he staggered back to the pub.
ReplyDeleteI have good memories about pubs in Broome. If it was the one closest to the croc farm, it wasn't the one I'd have picked although it is the nearest to the beach.
The West Australian has a detailed story - he had been dreaming of crocodiles for some time, and named this one "Artisian". The pub was the Diver's Tavern.
There's an audio interview wth the guy here (mp3 download). I also have some memories of people in the Kimberley like that.
Yes. Whilst most people in Australian cities (ie 95% of Australians) reject and resent the stereotype, the minute you leave a big town, Paul Hogan-ites abound to a slightly disturbing degree...
ReplyDeleteShouldn't that be "tetradactyl"? Inquiring minds want to know.
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