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 Some people will never learnFrom: B. Parry This is now my 3rd story... fortunately my fishing experiences have it all, laughter, pain and tears. So I've got plenty of yarns to tell, and believe it or not, they are true, some of them however, I wish weren't :) I was fishing Rye Pier with a friend. It was a nice day, not many people about but a lot of families like always would venture down to the end of the pier, take a look and walk back. One family in particular caught my eye. Why? I dont know? Maybe it was the father, about 45 years old wearing a backwards baseball cap, or the fact the fish were a little quiet at the time. "Ring, ring" went the mans phone from his pocket. Though it was the Collingwood theme song. One in which nobody is interested in hearing :) Then came the vulgar obscenities. As he has taken out his phone, a $50 and a $10 note both came with it, falling on to the pier and ultimately blowing out into the water before the kids had a chance to grab them. Trying to hold back the snickering I did what any person would do. grabbed my rod and tried to reach them, but I more or less ended up pushing them further away. The guy was quite infuriated. I thought, "Boy, it's a hot day! I could do with a cool down". So I offered the guy a chance... "If I take off my t-shirt and shoes, jump in, and grab them, will I get a reward?" As you can tell some men will do anything for money! More so when they're drunk. (Which I wasn't at the time mind you.) The answer... "Get #%&*@!" Well, I asked again and said, "Well, you can either lose $60 in total, or let some fool jump in, get it, and regain most of it..." "#%& off!" Again I was bemused, and did what any other person in the situation would say in the nicest possible manner. "No worries mate, maybe that money could have gone into the swear-jar for your little outburst infront of your kids!" Eventually after staring at the money float off, the poor bugger left, hopefully regretting his decison not to let me get it. I never did find out what happened to his phone conversation! I would think it would be a fair trade, I get wet, he gets back most of his money, I get a little reward for my troubles. Who knows WHAT kind of creatures could have been lurking down there!! But hey, nice guys finish last right... RIGHT? Cheers, B.Parry (9 May 2002) |
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