02 January, 2014

Instant Legend

Ten years ago I was a parent help on a school camp with tents in one paddock and long-drop loos some distance away in the next one. One evening after dark I was heading to the loo only to spot a group of torches meandering back to camp. Irresistible. Naturally I crouched down behind the gate and waited for the young male voices to get closer and closer. As they approached the gate I leaped up and yelled "BOO!" The results were spectacular. Some months later at a school disco a young man marched up to me and opened the conversation with, 'YOU'RE that father!' Yes, I am, son.