And another couple of things about Broome, right...
Despite having been pricked and stung by Morticia Addams in Perth, I still needed to get a couple more jabs to complete my Hepatitis (A/B/Z?) inoculation so it was off to the Broome medical centre. Two things happened here. At the reception I was told that I was already registered with them. Odd I thought, never having been to Broome before. Sure enough they had an Anthony Spratt already on their books! Wait a minute...do ya think?...surely not?...but what are the chances?...pretty good actually. Could it possibly be the Anthony Spratt of Dreamtime Echo Bus fame? The Anthony Spratt that appears at No.1 in the Anthony Spratt Google hits? I'd like to think so. A namesake rather than a doppelganger, I think you will agree.
After this moment of high reverie, I went in to see the nurse - a charming American lady who completed the formalities painlessly. She then said in a stern voice:
'Now, Anthony, I can't stress the importance of this enough...practice safe sex...practice safe sex...practice safe sex.'
OK, a little odd to chant a safe sex mantra at me although the sentiment was appreciated. What was more weird was that as she said those sagely words she pinched her earlobes with the thumb and forefinger of each hand and stamped her heels down on the floor rather hard and in time to the ringing out of each syllable. Strange. If I followed her lead, I would certainly be practicing the safest form of sex there is! I hadn't the heart to tell the no doubt childless lady that she may be doing it wrong.
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