Monday, July 11, 2011

Criminal Mastermind

I was having a conversation with my brother last week, and it came out that he was at a community function in Glenroy earlier that day. Glenroy, and neighbouring suburbs of Coolooroo an Jacana, have been in the news a lot lately thanks to a series of fire bombings and shootings. The Police had decided to try and get the community a bit settled down by hosting an afternoon tea in a local park. It seems that the smallest member of the police air wing stopped in to impress the kiddies, and my brother overheard an interesting conversation that I feel compelled to report.

A local wandered over to where the helicopter pilots were standing by their bird.

"Oh mate, she is fully sick, huh," he observed. Somehow the local accent doesn't come through when typing. The police smiled and nodded.

"So, you got the keys? We take her for a spin?" The pilot laughed.

"Nah, mate, this one doesn't start with keys. It's a button."

The eyes of the local light up.

"So she would be easy to steal, then, huh."

As the title says: criminal mastermind.

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