Comments on: Teens injured after brief police chase in Strawberry Point

By: Jesus33

Jesus33 — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:00:54 +0000

So while he plays computer games
and lounges 'round at home.
I'm wearin' out good boot leather
everywhere I roam;
And my mate Red sits in the shed,
a sad and twisted shell,
With buckled wheels and mangled steel –
the motor bike in hell.

For show-off boys and Daddy's toys –
they just don't mix too good,
But my boy will soon be wishin' he
had driven like he should.
And he'll look back from the future, and
remember well the wreck,
'Coz once he's out of sutures, I
am gonna wring his neck!!…

By: Jesus33

Jesus33 — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:00:22 +0000

As well as doin' my jobs now
I'm doin' all his chores,
While he's moanin' and groanin' like
a wounded from the wars
And as I have no motor bike,
I'm walkin' round the place,
While he lays there at the telly with
a smile upon his face.

His leg will heal, his foot will mend
alas for my mate Red,
It's gonna cost an arm and leg
to resurrect the dead.
And I'm just a poor bush poet with
a mortgage and a drought –
And getting' kinda cranky now
I have t' walk about.

By: Jesus33

Jesus33 — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:59:49 +0000

Attack!! – I'd say it did attack –
I'd say the ranges rang!!
Because my poor four-wheeler now's
bent like a boomerang!!
One headlights pointin' skywards and
the other's pointin' west –
The day he met that ironbark,
Big Red came second best.

His mates were fine, but my lout took
a gash upon his leg
And smashed his foot…his ego – it
was taken down a peg.
Now he limps 'round in bandages –
gets out o' doing' work.
He thinks it's really clever, and…
well, I'm the silly jerk -

By: Jesus33

Jesus33 — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:59:23 +0000

In all fairness, he's been ridin' on
that bike since he was six.
He uster show good common sense
when ridin' 'round the sticks.
He'd help me 'round the farm a lot –
my joyous little son.
Time slips away and rue the day
his teenage years begun.

So off he goes with his hooney mates –
I hardly could say: No.
What happened next, I'll only guess –
I guess I'll never know.
"We's mindin' our own business…Dad…
this tree…walked on the track…
Course Dad…I'm drivin' careful…but…
it sorta did attack!"

By: Jesus33

Jesus33 — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:59:02 +0000

The Wreck Of Big Red

I have this four-wheel motor bike
that we all call Big Red.
For eight long years, he worked the land,
but now Big Red is dead.
I lent him to this hooligan
who calls himself my son
He headed bush on four wheels and
came crawling back on none.

He took two mates one weekend out
upon a camping trip.
They packed up the essentials…like…
C.D.'s, potato chips,
And Coke and swags – three scalawags,
all piled upon Red's back.
Before I could say: drive careful, they
were halfway down the track.

By: Venetia

Venetia — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:17:19 +0000

I hope there isn't a "next time" because they may not come off unscathed as they did this time. I would think this would have served as a warning against future escapades.

By: ctiger

ctiger — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:10:57 +0000

I wonder what made that vehicle suspicious? Hopefully the kids will be smarter next time if and when the police shows an interest in them.

By: Venetia

Venetia — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:11:53 +0000

Many of today's kids are very disrespectful. I would have been mortified if I heard my kids talk to people the way I hear some kids talk today. However, I am very relieved that they were uninjured. Hopefully, this will be a lesson to both of them.

By: WWJD1

WWJD1 — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:56:13 +0000

Another "High Speed Chase!" In the pleasantly accepted periodic adventure, two young boys could have been splattered, burned, maimed etc., for life or their premature burial would have made headlines for awhile and brought out the "Great Debate" all over again. Then life would return to normal until the next time.

By: georgejones

georgejones — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:19:24 +0000

please dont waste bandwidth for dialup users by putting a picture with the article that is not of the incident. some folks cant get DSL or cable where they live.

By: grannyof3

grannyof3 — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:39:29 +0000

most not all of the kids these days, think they are above the law !!

By: MandaLeigh

MandaLeigh — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:04:29 +0000

Kids these days…no respect what so ever. They obviously were hiding something, and the truth will come out.

And I am sure the learned a lesson, they are minors and will be losing their licenses.

By: CR64

CR64 — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:34:23 +0000

I hope they learned a lesson!