Well folks after a hard night of praying and drinking 'Nuff's bday had to come to an end. Its amazing how I feel considering I fell off a stool, got kicked out of a pub, and generally had a spewbie kinda night. Oh wait hang on, that was last year. She's not here, we didn't do anything last night, and it was a dead ordinary day!However, today is another great day in the history of mankind. Today 21 years ago a small, tubby, hairy, boy was born. Little did his parents know that he would grow up to be a large, tubby, hairy, boy. However, all is not a loss - at least he has his licence.
I am sure his dad would have many stories to tell about Naaaa in his short life.
I've known Clarky for almost seven years, I met him at the beginning of 1997. For those of you who didn't know Clarky back then he was a small, giggly, youngster with short combed-over hair. We shared many good times pre and post school, but two stories stand out in my mind.
'It was a sultry day in year twelve, and we all went to sit in our spot for lunch. We sat on seats near the road so it was easy to see cars pass by. NOW, on this particular day a car full of hoons were speeding down the road. I don't know why but Clarky took it upon himself to give them the finger and yell out something like 'SCUM'! However, his glee was only short lived as much to everyones surprise the car squealed to a stop, and the driver emerged rather angry. Clarky's face became deathly pale as he leapt up and ran for the opposite end of the school with the homie right on his ass. I remember everyone erupting with applause, as Clarky returned 20min later sweating profusely, and looking most relieved. He had ditched the homie on his marathon escape.'
Another story that is more recent also comes to mind. We were driving up Bribie Beach in his car (The Rocky) when Clarky decided to drive inland to look for a suitable spot to light a fire. However, he ended up driving side-ways into a small freshwater creek. With the car slowly slipping into the water, Clarky was shitting his pants imagining what he's parents would say if he turned up home carless. In a desperate effort he made us jump in the water and try to push his 2 tonne car back onto dry land. When that didn't work he ran down to the open beach, stuck out his leg, and tried to flag down passing motorists to help lift the car out of the water. As luck would have it a group of yobbos helped pull the car out of the water, and Clarky could breathe a sigh of relief.
Those a just a couple of a booksworth of stories about his adventures. In fact for just $14.95 you can buy the book 'If I Could Be Like Nathan' by Gav-Jo at your local Book World.
Anyways, have a great birthday dude. Make sure you get two thumbs up on your special day.
Your Best Friend,
John Cutter
