Seriously Bruce
Which Planet Have You Been Living On ?
We don't have a sheriff yet on tour, but if we did the first fine would have been sooooo easy.
Picture the scene, we've all checked in and heading through security before we board our trans Tasman flight.
So here we are, placing our bags in the trays, before they head through the X-ray machine. Then this conversation happened on the other side as the security agent was alerted to an issue and questioned Bruce about the contents of his carry on luggage.
Security Man: Ok, let's have a look, and let's see what's going on here.
Security man looks in bag and takes out some items
Security Man: Mate, what are these ?
Bruce: 2 cans of beer
Security Man: And what exactly do you plan to do with these ?
Bruce: Drink them on the plane
Security Man: Don't you know you can't take liquids more than 100 ml on the plane with you
Bruce: No
Security Man: So I'm going to have to confiscate these and take them off you
Bruce: Can't I drink them now ?
Security Man: No !
And that was 15 minutes into the tour getting under way - we hadn't even left the ground.
Rascal Alert !!
So we boarded our nice shiny silver Jetstar plane and as you do you show your boredom pass to the nice lady at the front of the plane so she knows you've made it on to the right plane and it's all good. Lovely lady called Marina.
"Are you The Wagglers ?" she said to me. Somewhat surprised and baffled by how she had this information I replied in the affirmative but asked how on earth did she know. "Ah, we have our sources" she said.
Now you can read the letter above but let me describe the story.
Councillor Whiley was on the inbound Coolangatta - Dunedin flight and knew 14 Wagglers were on the return service later that day. He made friends with the crew and together they hatched a plan. As can be seen from above, Andrew even went so far as to document the devious plan and write down a speech for the Jetstar crew.
This was the plan. After we had all boarded and the aeroplane doors were closed, prior to the safety briefing the head air stewardess would make a passenger announcement. The announcement would say that due to aircraft weight limitations and forecast strong headwinds across the Tasman, 8 of the 14 golf bags had to be left on the ground in Dunedin. At that point the fun would begin as 14 blokes would all look at each wondering if you were one of the unlucky 8 or part of the lucky 6. Ha ha Andrew. The actual PA announcement was crafted by Andrew and written in full above in pink pen.
Being a sensible crew, sensible Marina thought first to check with the captain and make sure it was OK to make the PA announcement. Here's the thing. "Better hold off" said the man with 4 gold bars on his shoulder. "There are strong headwinds and there are some weight issues and we might actually have to leave some bags behind". He realised at that point it wouldn't be all that funny if it was in fact a true story.
So the PA announcement was never made. It was only later in the flight that the lovely Marina spilled the beans and told us of Andrew's attempted party spoiling plan. "Look" she said, "I even have the letter he wrote for me". "Can I have that" I begged. "No, but you can take a photo to document the evidence" she said.
I'm pleased to announce that all bags safe and sound.
And just to rub a bit of backward salt in the wound Andrew, here's a picture of what breakfast looks like today. How is it in Dunedin ? Oh and a few people have said they're going to vote differently in the council elections.
All good fun :} and a really good Jetstar crew on the plane.
First Day On Tour
So off we all went to Maroochy River Golf Club, about a 15 minute drive from our new home. It's an open course which when the wind blows can become a bit difficult. The wind didn't blow too strong today but it blew enough that it was noticeable. And it was cold just quietly. It would be OK if we were all walking the course but sitting in carts it can be quite chilly.
Scores will come later once they have matured a bit. It's a bit early other than to advise that the lowest stableford score was 24 points with the highest being 34.
We didn't play the snake today but the snake made an appearance. This little beauty was minding his own business not far off the 11th fairway. Somebody hit his ball in his direction and went looking for it. "You might want to be a bit careful" we advised. I can do without this added distraction, golf is hard enough as it is.
We had cocktails before dinner tonight - very civilised. Dinner was altogether good tucker at the Mooloolaba surf life saving club.
All good on this side of the ditch though we gather the weather is a bit iffy in the Dunedin area.