Dad’s advice not complete

DAD thought he was doing the right thing in taking his teenage son aside for a talk before the 18-year-old headed off to Schoolies on the Gold Coast with his mates.

“Don’t do drugs, don’t drink too much and don’t get into fights or anything,” Dad lectured the teenager along with a list of other suggested life experiences that only a father could know.

However, he had obviously omitted to remind his son of one vice.

The teen and a few of his mates spotted a $10-lunch special at a Gold Coast hotel and took advantage of the cheap meal.

While at the pub after lunch, our teenager decided to put $10 through a poker machine which returned a handy $750 cash prize – certainly a bonus for a teenager on the

Coast during Schoolies.

“The only thing I didn’t cover was ‘don’t gamble’,” our man told Whispers.

For which his son is forever grateful.

The penal code

MAGISTRATE in a Toowoomba court was berating a 24-year-old man found by police in a local pub in the early hours of the morning with a knife secreted in his underpants.

More than a few giggles were emanating from the public gallery as the magistrate asked the defendant what he was doing with a 7.5cm bladed knife in his jocks.

“For protection,” the lad replied, prompting more giggles.

“That’s not the sort of ‘protection’ that usually goes there,” an observer whispered.

Another in the public gallery was heard to wonder what would happen if the guy suddenly found himself in a threatening situation and ripped the knife out with speed.

“He could inadvertently turn himself Jewish if that knife comes in contact with anything down there on the way out,” he quipped.

His and hers diaries

IN THE run-down to Christmas and the preceding parties, busy Toowoomba businessman has been trying to work with his wife on which functions they can and can’t attend.

The thing is, he tells Whispers that with all the different organisations his wife donates her time towards, it’s her diary that is the more full than his.

Too much info?

SINGLE chap likes to be kept in the loop with extended family and always enjoys getting updates from his nieces and nephews on their expanding families.

However, sometimes the messages can be a little graphic for an uncle.

One niece’s little ones have been struggling with a tummy bug of late and she provided updates on both the two-yearold and four-year-old.

She reported that the twoyear-old was a lot better and that the four-year-old “has just done his first solid poop since last Thursday”.

As proof, the update was accompanied by a photo of a very happy four-year-old sitting on the loo.

Rude awakening

A WHISPERS “BOO” to the rude customer seen ordering a beer at an inner-city Toowoomba inn on Wednesday.

Having ordered a schooner of beer, Mr Rude threw two $5 notes into the drip tray under the taps.

The barman politely took the notes out and dried them off before handing them back to the customer for whom he continued to pour the beer.

Come payment, Mr Rude threw the two notes back into the drip tray. Give yourself an uppercut, mate!