CROCODILE Balloon Jinx!
February 29th 2008 01:25
So, I love my wife. So, she likes to taunt me, says it 'cos she loves me....my turn!
I booked a holiday as she announced she was happy to do whatever I thought would be fun while the kids are away on their educational holiday, heh, heh,...!
The man at the desk when we arrived cheerfully advised we are able to take-off first light as the forecast was for mild winds and median temperatures.
The deal I had made was to hover around and if the winds are right to settle momentarily in the bogs which were populated with some of the biggest Crocs around, heh, heh, boy, is she going to love this! She is already surprised by my willingness to come to an area of wild life as she has taunted me with that fear forever!
We lift-off, the skipper gives me a grin and thumbs-up 'cause the winds are all favourable to the dastardly plan!
"What a fantastic view" says my loving wife, adding, "look wild boar and one being eaten by a couple of HUGE CROCS!" She adds emphasis for my benefit.
We all have harnesses fitted and she is a little perplexed by this as she has been on Balloon trips before and this was not required, I claim this is an 'adventure' balloon ride and at that precise moment the skipper takes us down and plonks us right in what seems a murky but firm mud. The balloon maintains its full height and we are in a stationary idle position amongst a few scary looking creatures. I am doing my best to look non-plussed, at ease, not fazed, untouched by the situation I have mastered. Until.
Another wild boar was caught by a huge croc..., the sqeals by the boar sent a shiver up my spine and THEN I notice that my darling wife had been watching me unfazed and smiling like a cheshire cat at the look on my face! She announces that this was the exact ballon flight advernture she had had with her school girlfriends ten years earlier! Except for the harness.
The harness.... at this moment the skipper starts to execute my instructions for and extreme experience! He fires the gas to give lift and just takes enough weight off to alloe the basket to get dragged along the firm mud by the mild breeze and head straight for the Crocs..heh, heh! The skipper announces: "we don't have enough lift!" the look on my darlings face changes, she looks at me and I try to look horrified ( I did not need to try too hard even though I knew the plan!).
The balloon finally lifts off as we pass closer to some big Crocs than I ever wanted to be!
My darling wife is hugging me so tight I ask if she is OK? She looks at me with that grin of hers and says "That's the best scare you have ever given me, and this is supposed to be YOUR worst nightmare experience!" Wow!
Ah, true love and true revenge!
The essence of our marriage, taunting eachother and without malice and getting even!
I wonder what she has planned for the family holiday?
RKW
I booked a holiday as she announced she was happy to do whatever I thought would be fun while the kids are away on their educational holiday, heh, heh,...!
The man at the desk when we arrived cheerfully advised we are able to take-off first light as the forecast was for mild winds and median temperatures.
The deal I had made was to hover around and if the winds are right to settle momentarily in the bogs which were populated with some of the biggest Crocs around, heh, heh, boy, is she going to love this! She is already surprised by my willingness to come to an area of wild life as she has taunted me with that fear forever!
"What a fantastic view" says my loving wife, adding, "look wild boar and one being eaten by a couple of HUGE CROCS!" She adds emphasis for my benefit.
We all have harnesses fitted and she is a little perplexed by this as she has been on Balloon trips before and this was not required, I claim this is an 'adventure' balloon ride and at that precise moment the skipper takes us down and plonks us right in what seems a murky but firm mud. The balloon maintains its full height and we are in a stationary idle position amongst a few scary looking creatures. I am doing my best to look non-plussed, at ease, not fazed, untouched by the situation I have mastered. Until.
Another wild boar was caught by a huge croc..., the sqeals by the boar sent a shiver up my spine and THEN I notice that my darling wife had been watching me unfazed and smiling like a cheshire cat at the look on my face! She announces that this was the exact ballon flight advernture she had had with her school girlfriends ten years earlier! Except for the harness.
The balloon finally lifts off as we pass closer to some big Crocs than I ever wanted to be!
My darling wife is hugging me so tight I ask if she is OK? She looks at me with that grin of hers and says "That's the best scare you have ever given me, and this is supposed to be YOUR worst nightmare experience!" Wow!
Ah, true love and true revenge!
The essence of our marriage, taunting eachother and without malice and getting even!
I wonder what she has planned for the family holiday?
RKW
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