As I left for the office today I said to my little green mate Grouchy, "remember cobber, don't get into any mischief when I'm gone and do not take my 4x4 racing truck out, I mean it. I just washed and detailed it." I gave him a meaningful stare hoping that would punctuate my point.
"No worries broo," said grouchy happily. "It's all good mate. I'll see ya later. Lego building tonight?" He asked with hope.
"If you're good I guess we can have a Lego-sesh. Just don't take my truck out."
Grouchy nodded and winked at me as I left. I had a bad feeling.
I got home about 8 hours later and...
My 4x4 racing truck was covered in mud!
"Grouchy you little bastard!" I yelled as I stormed inside.
He tried to run but I caught him under the chin with a swift scissor kick then put him in a Brazilian jiu jitsu choke-hold until he nearly passed out.
He tapped out eventually and I released.
Needless to say he was sent to his room with no dinner and there'll be no Lego-building session tonight.
Anyway, a little later I found my camera was not where I had put it and checked what was on it...Yep, he'd taken that too! It was full of pictures from his day...It seems he went down to the billabong, Australian for watering hole or pond, and got lost! Here's some pictures.
Here's grouchy making his way into a creek crossing. Quite clearly he has it locked up in 4-wheel-drive as he made it through fairly well. You can see him exiting the creek and heading deeper into the billabong.
Now, just so you know...This billabong is off limits to off-roading! That's right the little bastard broke the lock on the gate and headed into a natural wildlife habitat to find some trails and to go mudding with my truck!
Luckily he took the number plates off the vehicle so no one could trace it although I half expect to get a call from the national park ranger.
Above on the left you can see Grouchy has gotten himself bogged. There he is at the back wheel trying to push. He must have got himself out though, as you can see him on the right on the wheel sunning himself in the beautiful Australian autumn day!
This is when things got a bit hairy for the little green idiot. He went and got himself lost!
He drove around in circles trying to work out which way to go but simply couldn't work it out. He realised he was in trouble when he came to the edge of the billabong and couldn't go any further. There he is below.
So he decided to find someone and ask for directions...Of course, there were no people around...It's a goddamned billabong for fuck sake! He looked around for a while then spied someone he might ask. A frog!
He approached the frog and asked if he knew the way out of the billabong.
The frog thought about it for a moment and said, "rrrribbbit!"
Grouchy was like, "come on bro, you're in Australia, speak the fucking language mate!"
The frog gave him a quizzical look then said, "hey, fuck you find your own way out of the billabong!" and hopped away.
Grouchy moved on wondering why people had to be so rude! Damned frogs.
He wandered around looking for someone else and vowed under his breath to karate chop the next frog he saw just because.
Before long he came across a stork doing storky things at the waters edge.
Grouchy approached hoping this lanky bastard would speak the lingo.
"Oi stork, you know the way out of the billabong?" Grouchy called quite abruptly. The stork looked at him and said nothing.
"Hey stork, you fucking deaf?" Grouchy was getting a bit exasperated. To be honest I am surprised the stork didn't peck his little green head off.
Finally the stork told Grouchy to bugger off then went back to his storkish things and Grouchy left muttering under his breath and adding storks to his karate chop list.
He was just about to give up and call emergency services on my SAT phone which he had also stolen from me when he heard a buzzing sound. He followed it and before long came across a bee.
Considering Grouchy had struck out twice he decided to be a little more polite...
"Good afternoon good sir," he began with an impeccable British accent. "Might you know the way out of this fine billabong? I find myself rather turned about and somewhat lost, old chap."
It seems the bee was indeed Australian and understood his question...Unfortunately for Grouchy his attempt at the English accent brought on a little scorn.
"Ya stupid pommy bastard! Don't yers know this billabong isn't for off-roading?" The bee was clearly not impressed with Grouchy tearing up the pristine billabong with my 4x4 racing truck. Grouchy was taken aback, but stood his ground.
"You bloody tourists come over here with your fancy fucking accents and think yers own the place! Well ya don't ya daft prick! We do!" The bee was getting quite wound up at this juncture, but had a valid point.
Grouchy decided he better drop the accent.
"Ok, ok I was only joking with the accent. I'm an Aussie cobber!" Grouchy used his best Aussie accent and added a bit for good measure.
The bee looked surprised but then relaxed a little.
"Jeez mate, don't do that shit around here, You're in the billabong now mate, you'll get bloody killed! I almost stung ya's cobber. You don't even know!"
The bee went on to tell Grouchy he had no idea how to get out of the billabong but suggested that the stork, the frog and himself might be able to work it out together. He suggested a discussion and so Grouchy and the bee went to find the other two.
Within minutes the four of them were standing around gawking at each other.
Before the conversation started the frog and the stork asked Grouchy for an apology for being so rude earlier. He gave it of course, it was getting late and he just wanted to get out of there and home before I got back from work.
Once he had apologised the discussions began and in short order they had come up with a plan. Grouchy said his goodbyes, promising to come back to say hello and off he went leaving the three others to marvel at his stupidity in bringing the off-roader into the billabong in the first place.
Anyway, Grouchy is now in his room and will go to bed without dinner, and a Lego-sesh tonight. I think I'm ordering take-out Thai food for dinner and he's going to miss out, but that's what you get for stealing peoples 4x4 racing trucks!
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Looks like you have to work on your authority mate. First he gets a new scooter and then he steals your truck. Bad Grouchy needs a beating. :)
Awesome story 😂 and cool photos by the way. Did you use your phone or a camera?
If he was good all the time I wouldn't be able to write funny stories about him...He may do some worse things moving forward. 🤣
I used my camera for these ones. Olympus. I got some cool ones that I haven't used here but will roll them out in time.
Fucking bees, fucking storks, fucking billabong wildlife!! Next thing you know that bunch will be giving themselves a name and getting tattoos and start selling pondweed on street corners!!
I know right? 🤣
If it were me I would have throat punched the frog, knee-capped the storm and...Well the bee was a little helpful so I would have left him alone.
Who knows if that billabong crew make another appearance...Maybe.
I think that they should, if only to suffer at the hands of the G-Dawg!!
Lol, anything could happen.
I think Grouchy is headed for some bad shit man...He has a dark side.
(I need props though. Lol.)
Bad shit.. hehe. Can but hope! The world needs a bad grouchy!!
It's coming...Just need the bits and pieces.
Love the adventures of Grouchy 😁
He's a knucklehead huh? Still, if he was a good lad then I wouldn't have very good stories to tell now would I? 😊
Hope he doesn't start behaving himself for long time then as I would like to see more cheeky adventures from the little green one👍
@galenkp what an amazing story. Love the story of Grouchy!😁
It's just a bit of fun and something different. Some probably think I'm crazy, but I'm not...Much. 🤣
I'm glad you liked the story. Have a great weekend.
Have a great weekend too!
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Grouchy's gnarly adventures🤣 Seems that Grouchy should order a GPS in order to plan his next escaping better😂I root for Grouchy's rebelious independence😎
I have a Garmin sat nav unit for when I go into the wilderness...I keep it quiet though, or that little bastard will steal it! Lol.
He's going to get into more shenanigans I'm sure. He's a bad boy. I don't know where he gets it from. 😇
Hahah nice, the Epic of Grouchy, chapter (#), Billabong blunder.
Too funny though, I always remember Billabong the clothing company but had no idea what the word actually meant, now I do lol
These guys might end up connecting back up like the Hobbit for a legendary tale it sounds like!
The story did hint at another meeting didn't it? (Grouchy promised to come back...) I think there may be some future shenanigans on the way.
Yeah, billabong...I'm not surprised you didn't know where the brand came from. It's weird because it's a surf brand and you can't surf in a billabong. 😊
HAHAHA I just love the scene where Grouchy and the rest engage in the discussion in a circle. If one didn't know any better, they would think, now that's one mishmash company of friends alright!
Wildly entertaining, thank you! 😆
Hey mate, yeah thanks for commenting.
It's just something a little different. Most would probably call me mildly disturbed, or just fucking insane...But it's fun and because I post here for me, my own enjoyment, it works.
The crew might get together again in the future. We'll have to see how it goes.
Cool story! Even though the picture gave it away a bit, I knew things were not going to go well when you told him NOT to do something. That's like telling a cat, dog, kid, huh ... pretty much anyone ... not to do something. :)
I have a feeling his behaviour is going to decline, it makes for better stories and I think that those who follow his antics appreciate a little bad-boy action when it comes to old Grouchy.
This style of writing inspires me to try something new. I’ll work on something different this weekend.
Also Grouchy deserves bum blisters for these antics 🤪
I let my cat play with him and she bit the fuck out of his head...He's been punished enough. Lol.
If you've spent any time on my blog you'll know I keep it pretty fluid, write about different stuff depending on what's going on in my life. The Grouchy stuff is a bit of fun, let's me be a bit of a nutbag. Glad you liked it and got inspired.
Mate that is a gem you nailed that cobber be looking forward to the next Grouchy adventure when he steals your 4xxxx beer and meat pie sounds like a cheeky little bastard this Grouchy 😆 😆
Awesome looking 4x4 racing truck you have there by the way 👍
He's a cheeky bastard but a good mate too...one can always count on him doing something bad...I have a funny feeling he is going to get into more misadventures...Worse ones.
Here's the last one I did.
https://peakd.com/hive-142010/@galenkp/grouchy-get-s-a-delivery
Yes, I build Lego Technic and that 4x4 was fun...I have others.
One funny story i will use this as a bed time story for the next time i put my nephew to bed without the swear words of course 😆
Actually a question i am posting from @esteem at the moment it doesn't respond so well at times which front end do you recommend is best to blog of ?
I hate esteem...Used it once and got rid of it...Maybe it got better but it's not something I'll use.
I use hive and peakd on my laptop and hive on my phone. I use the two in conjunction. I engage a lot so am often typing replies etc. on one, and reading on the other so I don't have to swap pages all the time.
Grouchy bed time stories huh? Yes, omit the swearing I think.
Thanks for that advise sounds like you have it all worked out and sounds like a great idea having both open it would save a lot of time in fact must try that.
Grouchy bed time stories a idea for you good luck and thanks for all your help indeed useful 👍
You're welcome. Happy to help.
Do not get me started on the language XP
Unless Faith also drives the truck around I think you may need to take the keys with you next time ;D
Make sure he pays any fines that come your way for bashing into the billabong! (or works it off if he has no money and make sure it's difficult and disgusting work XD)
I might have to reign him in, but that'll be no fun in my posts. Maybe I'll make him do the dishes for a few weeks as penance?
That's perfect because I know for a fact my kids hate doing the dishes and avoid it at any and all cost XD
The ideal punishment. 🤣
Ah, the never ending mischief with Grouchy, and his misadventures XD
I think this was a bit harsh, mate. I mean, it was a 4x4, so why not get it a bit dirty, eh? The photography's pretty great, in all! Still, I felt that Grouchy may have had better luck with the frog had he kissed him. Maybe a charming prince would prove more helpful, no? At least, I reinforced my knowledge on the Aussie dialect... Billabong.
I'm a disciplinarian mate...When people do something I've expressly asked them not to, especially when they know better...Well, he's luck he got off so lightly. I slipped a couple Oreo's under the door later that night so he was happy with that.
Grouchy is a bit like me, not into kissing blokes, even if they are frogs so yeah, that wasn't going to happen.
So you knew what a billabong is? Not bad mate, you're going well!
Yep, other than 'mate' and 'cunt', 'billabong' is one of the earlier Aussie words that I picked up on. It's a distinctive word, and something I'll easily forget. Still, good on you for slipping some Oreos to the lil' sour grump. He'll be needing that to recover, and plan his next set of misadventures!
Hope you're doing well, too! At least you've got a nice beach near enough, eh?
Yep, we're fortunate to have a lot of things we like to do very close to hand including the beach. We prefer less people though, but it wasn't too bad overall I guess. A nice day.
Yeah, Grouchy is probably planning his next shenanigans...
What a sneaky little fiend. It takes a lot of guts to 'borrow' the camera and 4x4 like that and then take selfies of it! At least he got it back to you, though.
Are you sure one night without dinner was enough?
Lol...Yeah, I think the one night was ok...I snuck him some Oreo's later that night though. I don't want to punish him too much as if he doesn't keep doing bad things I won't have funny stories to write.
What a story G-Dog.. It was funny, especially the cursing here and there. It caught me by surprise and made me laugh. I learned something too!! I never knew what a billabong was except popular surf gear. Now I Know 😁
Grouchy has a screw in his head.. not sure if he knows that. He's screwed in the F'n head man. lol. He does have a big heart though. What the heck is that thing anyhow? Did you make him to?? Your one talented ...
Good story. Loved it and you have a lot of lego animals too. As I was reading, I was like "Another one!?" 👀😆😜
(Sorry I missed this story and also missed a vote on the good material. I will hit ya with a little Hive gift instead)
Haha! Thanks for commenting. I had some fun with it and Grouchy is a rascal, so there's lots to work with!
He has a screw each side of his head, not unlike mine, but mine are bolts and they are in my neck holding my big pumpkin melon-head on my shoulderd. I wear clothing to strategically to hide them.
Grouchy is one of those VooDoo dolls. When I went to Europe many years ago someone gave me one for luck, I called Grumpy, and I took him through Europe and photographed him all over the place. He went on the subsequent trips too but alas, he went AWOL. So, his "cousin" Grouchy came along and...So did Covid-19 so no travelling...So we built Lego and had some fun. I didn't make him though.
Thanks for taking a look and yeah I guess now you know I've reached full-retard but hey, I don't care. It's just fun for me. Thanks also for the gift.