Ouch! My antlers hurt. Guess who was Secret Santa last night. I passed up an invite from "Matt the Bat" to see the Brisbane Heat to honour a Secret Santa promise for an old workmate. I should have gone to the Gabba first and dropped off a few more runs for Haydos.
Secret Santa had his instructions. Big Surprise. Caxton Hotel, 8.30/9 ask for Melissa. Wear something Santa like. I have my Santa ha...t in my back pocket, Press Box Bar at Caxton, ask for Melissa. Yes Secret Santa, 15 girls down the back , about to have their mains. Give them an hour.
Well Secret Santa is now mates with Janice and Louise behind the bar. Janice used to live on the Coast, her housemate did her lovely cherry blossom tatt up the back of her neck. $60. Secret Santa was wondering how that foliage was going to look down the track. Louise is studying entertainment at QUT. I told her to keep studying. One day she could get to be Secret Santa .A basket of beer battered fries and a few "Secret Santa Coronas" ( Janice have you seen the price of limes ?) later I'm ready to get ho -ho-ing.
Surprise...Ho Bloody Ho..who's a "ho" and here I am" come over here and sit on Santa's Ho Ho Hernia". All good fun, good prezzies, yahoo now one of the girls says" let's go to the Paddo for karaoke ! "
Secret Santa knows that's not a good idea. No.1 son works as a "glassie" there on a Tuesday night. I don't want to destroy his Secret Santa belief. If you don't believe you don't receive.
Paddo it was though. Billie and husband Pete run the karaoke and spot Secret Santa straight away. "Love your big son, now what do you like to sing ?" I told Billie the Kiwi National Anthem. I thought big Seleki the Security bloke would love that." Anything else ?" How Great Thou Art says I. Again I reckon that 'd go down a treat with Seleki. Billie decides it'll be April Sun in Cuba. Dragon ..Kiwi band. I reckon that'll still be OK for Seleki.
So I'm up on stage into the first verse when Bronco Corey Parker comes out of the crowd to kick a few goals in my song. He's super karaoke fit having just done a Northern Hemisphere Karaoke Tour representing his country. We follow with a bit of Sonia DaDa " You Don't Treat Me No Good No More" with Secret Santa doing all the "lover lover" stuff in the bass line. The word from the dwindling crowd was I made the Australian rep sound good.
Great night Secret Santa, hernia and all, was still able to hold a tune.
No.1 son decided enough was enough, it was after all 3am and he had to take Secret Santa back to the Northern climes. Stopped at Newmarket Maccas on the way home for some reindeer food.
The temperature dropped a few degrees when Secret Santa was getting into his sack. Mrs. Claus thought I was only staying a half an hour.
I told her the wheels had fallen of my sleigh. Ho Bloody Ho !
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