Wahoo Award for a Clean Sweep

Hi all - Sorry for missing all the social functions lately - Davina & the kids & I have been pretty busy the last couple of weeks - camping on the central coast, visiting with in-laws and doing the family thing. I'm looking forward to a little pre-Xmas get together for a chat with you all - and maybe a beverage or two... :-)

I thought of this one a while ago and with Courtenay leaving yesterday for his shenanigans ( powder puff, eye-brow waxing, hand polish, hair plucking ... his normal routine.. oh, and a wedding) I couldn't help but feel a bit lonely over on my side of the floor so here's a little joke for you. Sorry about the length, but you need a bit of background.

I was thinking of those of you who have left and it reminded me of a war story. During WWII submarines would tie a broom to the periscope as they came back into port to let everyone know they had done a clean sweep of all targets - sinking everything they came across, usually firing all the torpedoes onboard and then engaging ships using their deck guns to try and wreak a little more havoc. The USS Wahoo was a submarine that is pretty famous for its aggressive skipper and coming back into port with a broom on the periscope.

So the other day, EG was giving me a hard time in a friendly sort of way - as he likes to do. Unfortunately, I raise to the bait pretty often and I couldn't resist this time.
I shot back to him " I'm going to get you a broom to tie onto the back of your chair."
He said, "What are you talking about?"
And I told him, "The whole CRN team is going - you can tie a broom onto your chair so everyone knows you did a clean sweep."

He eventually managed to see the lighter side of it, which is what I trying for - a bit of gallows humour I guess. :-P

Looking forward to the weekend - swimming lessons with the little fellow, watch with amazement as the little girl grows right before my eyes, cuddles with the lovely, some gym action and maybe a coffee at the beach.

See ya - George