Ders a Rat in de Kitchen What am I ganna Do?

Last Friday, coming to the end of the shift, circa 10ish, we had a couple of guys standing outside having a smoke whilst waiting for their pizza. Suddenly, one of them came in and said
" A rat has just run past me and into your shop"

He was right, there it was, running around where the customers stand. Good as gold, the guy whipped off his flip flop ( I know rats don't wear flip flops!!It was the guys flip flop, or thongs as they call them over here) and proceeded to try and usher it back out through the door, but it kept going behind the door and bumping into the glass.

By this time, Our Wend and Aisling are on top of the work bench at the back of the shop, screaming like banshees.

Me, this guy and Dylan, the young lad who works for us, are at front of house desperately trying to coax this small rat, back out through the door, but it was having none of it.
I was standing in the gap between the wall and the counter, which is the access to behind the counter, when the little bastard ran straight for me.

Oh my God, what do I do, so all I could think of was to kick it! Which I did in spectacular style, it went soaring into the air, straight back out through the doorway about 20 feet away, and came tumbling down on the pavement and scurried away into the night.

I did me Ravenelli impersonation round the shop and carpark, to tumultuous applause.

We then had to do a quick clean up, mop and the like. There was only a little bit shit in the customer area but there was a fair bit of wee on the work bench at the back of the shop!!!!!!!!!!!
The little bastard then spent the next half hour running back and forth like a drunk across the car park
The Skerritts in Oz

Canoeing on The Avon

We went canoeing we did.
Jock has a 55 acre block up in the hills at Chittering, about half a mile of the Avon runs through his property.
I can tell you it was a bit of a trek from the road to the river but well worth it.

"Can ya see me noo?"

Perth Hills at Chittering. There was a major fire here the afternoon that we left!!!

Come on Son

Chilling!

Rare photo of Scottie WITHOUT a beer!!!!!

Our Jock

What can I say?

The best dressed canoeist you will ever see.

Pete soon got fed up of paddling

The Skerritts in OZ

That Sun!!!

Spent 15 MINUTES outside cleaning out the pool pump.
Had three days in agony with sunburn.

Nice arse!!

Now I'm doing a Sammy the Snake impersonation. I'd have killed the kids if that had happenned to them.
I didn't slip slap slop!!!
The Skerritts in OZ

Happy New Year

After I'd flipped me final pizza of 2011, around 10pm, (If your interested it was a Roz's Gourmet, $18.50) I headed off to join the family at a guy called Paul's gaff, what a gaff it is too (his nickname is 'Scrooge'. Apparently, him and all his pals are all thespians and his major role was once 'Scrooge' in OT).Anyway, this guy is THE funniest man I have ever met in my life. He has me in stitches, I only have to look at him.
The theme for the night was the 80's, and as I'm nearly that I never bothered dressing up!!!!!
"Scrooge' was Freddie Mercury, and I mean Freddie Mercury, ALL NIGHT, I have never known anyone stay in character at a fancy dress party for 11 hours. The party started at 3 in the afternoon!! You just couldn't get him to talk to you as himself, he was awesome.
He had the Freddie teeth in and totally would not take them out to drink, eat, talk, sing. At the end of the night they were in tatters and one by one they kept falling out of his mouth, I was wetting myself.

5pm!

6.30pm!

'Sweet Dreams are Made of This'

I asked Brendan who he was dressed up as, he said he didn't know!!!!!!

9pm!

11.30pm!!!

Midnight

1.30am New Years morning!!!

Also there was Cyndi Lauper (Libby), Don Johnson, although he looked more like Dave Stewart from the Eurythmics (Will, Libby's Hubby).
Hope you all had a good night and lots of good wishes for 2012.
Thanks for following the blog, promise to do more regular posts in 2012.
Take good care everyone
The Skerritts in Oz
P.S I'm gonna ask Paul if I can use his outfit for my pizza delivery, it'll certainly get a laugh and get me noticed!!!

Christmas Day 2011

Merry Christmas everybody, we been on the beach, now back for a festive lunch.
Tell us what you been doing and send some photo's.

Peter with his David Beckham look.

Strange to do on Christmas day eh?

Surfer Babe

J sus, thats f*****g orange juice!!!!

The Rabble!

If Aisling hadn't got that glass so strategically positioned you'd have a bostin view of her cleavage!!!!!1

Surfer Dude

Yo!!!!

Really missing you all very much today.
The Skerritts in Oz.

Kingsley Pizza - The Perks of the Job!!!!

There are some perks to being a pizza delivery man.

Did a delivery of 7 pizza's on Friday, took little Pete with me to give me a chuck, Pete was carrying three, I'd got 4, in them pizza bags you see Domino's etc deliver your grub in. Anyway, guy meets us on the drive and asks if we can take the scram around the back. He then looks at little Pete and says 'better warn you, we got some girls in the back yard !!' Pete looked at me and said "I'll just stay here Dad".

Well, I saw at least 6 of the most magnificent looking specimens I had ever seen in my whole bloody life, all they had on were high heels and Chanel No5, honest, and not looking were I was going I nearly fell in the chuffing pool. He showed me over to a table which was right by a huge outdoor TV with a porn film playing on it, this blonde was just settling onto the couch, stark naked, shaved muff the works, and shouts across to the throng, "anyone wanna come and watch this porn movie with me" I had to bite me tongue I can tell ya. If I'd known I'd have brrought me own Italian sausage, with hot chillies of course!!!

Then made a complete tit of me self, 'cus I got nearly to the door and realised I'd left the pizza's in the bags that I delivered them in and had to go back and get 'em.!!!!!

I told the guy before I left if next door ever comes up for sale can he let me know, 'cus he is my kind of a neighbour.

Apparently the type of do I delivered to is v v common. Bring on the next 1. This delivering shit is tip top.

Have a great Chrissie everybody, more to come about the pizza business, and I promise I'll get a photo one day soon of the Pete the Pizza surrounded by an absolute bevvy of beauties. Delivery bags and all!!!

The Skerritts in Oz.

P.S Perhaps I'll take pepperoni next time its longer!!!!!

Anniversary Number 1

Twelve months to this very day that we left Old Blighty.
My, how time flies eh?

Was that really 12 months ago?

Seems like yesterday.

We landed in Honk Kong at 7.10 on the 26th October 2010.
I shall be landing in Hong Kong at 7.55 on the 26th October 2011!!! Spooky or what?
Meeting up with Our Kid and Gricey whilst there. I do hope they are thirsty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Skerritts in Oz (well some of 'em) and Peter in Hong Kong, YIPPEE