Originaly posted by O'B in the 'Blue Helmeted Babies' thread but moved here coz it had nothing to do with the original topic:
Too bloody right man, six months of stewing in that kip with no air conditioning, rain and ants!!!!
however the pool was great, just like being 8 and having no lifeguard to tell you to stop being bold!
(Sorry lads i just found out to put my picture up, hope you dont mind double postings for on time only)
by the way any one that was out there will remember these great sayings
ya buddy, give me chop chop - ya irish give me five dollars - or my favourite, ya man you wanna buy these sunglasses, i said no (i was wearing sunglasses not the stupid army CHIPS ones), ok man, i break your glasses and then you buy my glasses? brilliant i said and walked away, you gotta admit they've got some neck!
another funny one was when ever you gave the little kids lovely water that you bought in the PX they poured it out in front of ya and just wanted the bottles! that practice stopped straight away!
and just one more really scary one, i was on duty on the gate one night and as usual the kids from the shanty town were down (does any one know what the name of that place was? it was banjor wasnt it?) anyway we were all chatting and havin the laugh. the kids disapeared after a while and i thought no more of it. the next day was a saturday and i was a scorcher so i sat under my fan for most of it until 3.30 to go for a run outside (the only highlight of the week bar drinkin) and one of the lads comes up to me and says o'b there's a letter at the main gate for ya, i said what the f**k are you on about? and he said no man there's a letter there for ya i'm not kiddin ya. so thinkin it was a joke i headed down and kinda out of nosiness. thinkin all the way what had they done? i get to the gate and the lad on the gate was there and i asked him was there a letter there for me, he kinda laughed and went into the AIR CONDITIONED gatehouse (god that place was great) and came out with a kinda wierd look on him, i thought shite what the hell is it? so i opened the "letter" (a piece of note paper) and i cant remember the exact words (i should have kept it) but it was one of the kids mums and she opened the letter with "Dear Mister Ob", it went on to read that she wanted money and that she had enough food and blessed me and all that but that she wanted $20 for medicine, and the her young lad would know me on the run to ask me for it! i couldnt believe it they'd heard my name and the little fecker brought in the letter, needless to say i sprinted past the ville that day! so be warned lads, dont let them know your name or even ob, cos they'll corner ya outside for cash or whatever, True story man!
Too bloody right man, six months of stewing in that kip with no air conditioning, rain and ants!!!!
however the pool was great, just like being 8 and having no lifeguard to tell you to stop being bold!
(Sorry lads i just found out to put my picture up, hope you dont mind double postings for on time only)
by the way any one that was out there will remember these great sayings
ya buddy, give me chop chop - ya irish give me five dollars - or my favourite, ya man you wanna buy these sunglasses, i said no (i was wearing sunglasses not the stupid army CHIPS ones), ok man, i break your glasses and then you buy my glasses? brilliant i said and walked away, you gotta admit they've got some neck!
another funny one was when ever you gave the little kids lovely water that you bought in the PX they poured it out in front of ya and just wanted the bottles! that practice stopped straight away!
and just one more really scary one, i was on duty on the gate one night and as usual the kids from the shanty town were down (does any one know what the name of that place was? it was banjor wasnt it?) anyway we were all chatting and havin the laugh. the kids disapeared after a while and i thought no more of it. the next day was a saturday and i was a scorcher so i sat under my fan for most of it until 3.30 to go for a run outside (the only highlight of the week bar drinkin) and one of the lads comes up to me and says o'b there's a letter at the main gate for ya, i said what the f**k are you on about? and he said no man there's a letter there for ya i'm not kiddin ya. so thinkin it was a joke i headed down and kinda out of nosiness. thinkin all the way what had they done? i get to the gate and the lad on the gate was there and i asked him was there a letter there for me, he kinda laughed and went into the AIR CONDITIONED gatehouse (god that place was great) and came out with a kinda wierd look on him, i thought shite what the hell is it? so i opened the "letter" (a piece of note paper) and i cant remember the exact words (i should have kept it) but it was one of the kids mums and she opened the letter with "Dear Mister Ob", it went on to read that she wanted money and that she had enough food and blessed me and all that but that she wanted $20 for medicine, and the her young lad would know me on the run to ask me for it! i couldnt believe it they'd heard my name and the little fecker brought in the letter, needless to say i sprinted past the ville that day! so be warned lads, dont let them know your name or even ob, cos they'll corner ya outside for cash or whatever, True story man!
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