THE ALLAN FAMILY STORY
THIS WEEKEND I AM HAVING A BREAK FROM MY BROTHER, MUM AND DAD
AND WENT CAMPING IN THE MICHELAGO FARM HOUSE, TO GET MEDALS
IN THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD SCHEME, YA SEE, MUM WAS WORKING
SO DAD TOOK ME SHOPPING TO GET LAST MINUTE SUPPLIES AND THE NEXT DAY
WE HEADED OFF TO MARIST TO BOARD THE TRUCK, AND PAUL GRAHAM
WHO I THOUGHT WAS A REAL COOL DUDE, SANG ALL THESE GREAT SONGS
LIKE EYE OF THE TIGER, COURT OF KING CARACTULOUS, AND MANY MORE
AND WE ARRIVED, AND THERE WERE NO BEDS, JUST HARD FLOORS, THIS ISN’T ACCOMODATION
THIS IS UNCOMFORTABLE, WE COOLED BACON AND EGGS, BRAISED STEAK AND ONIONS
AND I ATE A SPACE FOOD STICK, AND JENNIFER JONES SAID, THAT IS MY SPACE FOOD
STICK, AND I SAID, NO THIS IS MINE, I IGNORED HER AND WENT TO TALK TO BRENDAN AND LANCE
CAUSE, THEY UNDERSTAND WOMENS PROBLEMS
YA SEE WE DID CANOEING AND HIKING WITH OUR BACKPACKS ON, AND ALSO, IN THE
MIDDLE OF A GREAT NICE COUNTRY DAY, THEN I CRACKED JOKES WITH SOME OF THE GIRLS THERE
AND STEVEN SANG EYE OF THE BULL FROG, AND I WONDERED, ALSO OTHER WEEKENDS, WE AS THE SENIOR MEMBERS
OF THE DUKE OF EDINBUIRGH, WE HAD TO LOOK AFTER THE JUNIOR MEMBERS OF THE AWARD SCHEME
AND THIS WAS A MORE COMFORTABLE SEATS, THIS WAS COMMUNITY SERVICE, WE ALSO DID MEALS ON WHEELS,
YA KNOW GIVING MEALS TO THE ELDERLY, WHO CAN NO LONGER FEND FOR THEMSELVES
THE MOST POPULAR PLACE WAS HALL VILLAGE,
AND I REMEMBER THE TEACHERS MAKING ME KISS RICHARD, BUT I WASN’T THINKING OF GAY ACTITIVTY
YA KNOW, JUST TEASING HIM, BUT I WAS SAYING, I AM AN ADULT, IN THIS SITUATION
YA SEE THE MANY BUSH WALKS AS A KID, GAVE ME A SENSE OF ADVENTURE
AND ALSO, GAVE ME THE CHANCE TO HELP PEOPLE IN ANY WAY THEY SEE FIT
IT GAVE ME THE FEELING OF DOING THINGS FOR MY FELLOW HUMANS
I HIKED UP THE SNOWY IN THONGS, I WENT TO WELLINGTON CAVES
YEAH, I AND MY TWO MATES, BRENDAN AND LANCE WERE LIVING DANGEROUSLY
BY NOT WEARING A LIFE JACKET, WE’LL PUT IT ON LATER WE WOULD SAY
BROTHER KEVIN BRENDAN, LANCE, WHY HASN’T BRIAN GOT A LIFE JACKET ON
YA KNOW THE FUCKEN RULES, AND WE ALL HAD A WOW OF A TIME
AND SANG SONGS ON THE WAY BACK, WHAT ABOUT ME, EYE OF THE TIGER
AND MANY MANY MORE, AND WHEN WE GOT BACK TO THE SCHOOL, ONE GUYS PARENTS
WEREN’T THERE, AND MY PARENTS OFFERED A ROOM FOR THE NIGHT
BUT HE DECLINED IT, IMPLYING, I DON’T WANT TO GO TO MY HOUSE
I IMPLIED, WHY NOT, YOU NEED SHELTER, I GOT SHELTER
HE SAID, WELL, NO, I WILL JUST WAIT, TILL THEY ARRIVE
SO I WENT HOME WITH MY PARENTS, DAD SAID THE RAIDERS WON, IT MADE ME HAPPY
AND I WENT HOME AND TOLD MY BROTHER AND DAD AND MUM ALL ABOUT
MY WONDERFUL DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD SCHEME EXPERIENCE, THIS IS COOL, MAN EAT MY SHORTS
AND THE ALLAN’S CRACKED JOKES, I SAID AND HE, MUM THOUGHT HE MEANT ANDY
BUT THERE WAS NO PHONE CALL, SO THE ALLAN’S ALL RETIRED TO THEIR ROOM
MUM AND I WENT TO BED, CAUSE IT WAS A BIG WEEKEND, BUT THE NEXT
DAY, I WAS PARADING AROUND THE SCHOOL,
