Jeeze Joe,It took 10 mins for the post to get back to me. Mind if I send the other "offerings" by e-mail?
Here's an udder - should be in the Breast Thread, "fed?" hate to think what the wee tarts will do with this (sigh) Spaw, where are ya when I need ya?
Double Bunking
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[Tune] "The more we are together"I heard this sad song-oh
In the Orongorongo,
"There'll be no more double-bunking, double-bunking for me"
I said to the vocalist,
Oh, why do you so insist.
"There'll be no more double-bunking, double-bunking for me"[Chorus]
"There'll be no more double-bunking, double-bunking, double-bunking.
No more double-bunking, double-bunking for me"
He said "I've had a gutsful,
Of tramps where the hut's full.
"There'll be no more double-bunking, double-bunking for me"
I've weakened and lost weight,
I'm nervously prostrate.
"There'll be no more double-bunking, double-bunking for me"
[Chorus]
My tongue's covered with fur too,
And, I can't eat my burgoo.
"There'll be no more double-bunking, double-bunking for me"
I'm washed out like a dish rag,
And, I've ruptured my sleeping bag.
"There'll be no more double-bunking, double-bunking for me"
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The Orongorongo Ranges are close to Wellington (NZ) and were the ideal place for an introduction to tramping (hiking). The "Five Mile" Track (actually three from memory) took you into the Orongorongo Valley, where there were three public and a number of private huts (cabins). Most were basic, with slab walls, corrugated iron roof and fireplace, and a dirt floor. Most huts slept from 6 to 12. Bunks were basic, either sagging sacking or wire netting. When you tried cramming 20+ people in, "double-bunking" (ie sleeping top to tail) was not comfortable. Some had a "Maori Bunk", a two-level platform, where you could always "squeeze in one more". Ahhh the memories. I think the only other Kiwism I need to explain is "burgoo", and I can't for the life of me remember whether it's porridge or stew.Sam
Hell, I've just gone through the above post. Our Kiwi songs are boring.
Apologies for starting this thread. Have deleted the other 50 odd sons I was going to post.
Haerira - Hami