Sunday, December 27, 2015

FROGS FLY WHEN THE RAINS COME AND GARY TAKES OVER THE WORLD



Darwin  former bank and newspaper  office , where  it  was common to  have  a  croaker  tickle  your  clacker, which  sadly  went   down  the  gurgler decades  ago .
There can  be  nothing more  glorious  than  the sound  of monsoonal rain -after a hot , humid, sweaty  build up - when  it finally  arrives and  pounds  down during  the night . Above the  soothing roar,  neighbours  can  oft be heard  cheering  with  relief , dogs  bark  hysterically, but they  do anyway during  the dry .  Some exhibitionists  even  run  about in  the nude, dancing in the  rain like Gene Kelly. 
 
In  Darwin, capital of the  Northern Territory ,   renowned  for a  widespread  condition  known as Mango Madness, it  experienced a trying time  before the  rains finally  arrived  this  year , evidenced by   the  CLP government   making  the insane  decision  to lease the Port of  Darwin , front  door  to what appears  to indicate we are  becoming  a   giant Australian  Cuckoo Nest ,  to  the Chinese   for 99 years .[ This crazy decision has   been  followed  by  awarding  the contract for the opening ceremony at  the  Commonwealth Games  in  Queensland   to  an American  company.]
 
The  heavy Top  End  rain this year caused Darwin's zillion green tree  frogs to express their joy by deafening  croaking . One  prematurely baldy resident  we  know   was  driven "mad"  by  an army of  frogs in  a  rock garden near  his  bedroom  stentoriously calling GARY!GARY!GARY!GARY!GARY!GARY!GARY!GARY! GARY!...,like a continuous  stereophonic  tape played  at  top  volume .  

Putting his head under the pillow   did  not help-GARY!GARY!GARY!GARY!  still came through loud  and  maddeningly clear. In his demented  state, he thought he heard  one raucous croaker with  a  variation - HARRY!HARRY!HARRY!...

The  frogs  nextdoor and  throughout the district  were  singing to the same  music in the downpour  causing  the man's bedroom  to   sound like a cross between  a CIA water torture  cell and an echo chamber .  The carport reverberated and amplified   the assault on  his eardrums and sanity .  Unable to stand the waterboarding  anymore , he jumped out of bed  , ran  outside , grabbed  frogs left , right and centre  and hurled them  into space  over the  fence . The  newly launched  astronauts  respond  by shrieking:" GARY!GARY!GARY!-whee!, I can fly !- HARRY!-Ring  the  RSPCA!"

FROG  FLASHBACK : Back in the l950s , when this blogger was an inmate of the Northern Territory News  leaking old  tin bank premises, with wartime bullet holes in the roof ,  there was  a large  colony of   resident frogs  which  lived in the  toilet /shower room .They  bellowed  during  rain . Some of  them lived under the  lip in  the  toilet  bowl  and  protested loudly  each time  it was  flushed. The  drunken office cleaner  also protested when he was locked in  a wardrobe  one night and a large python  once slithered  in  through a  rear  window  and was chased  by a man armed  with  a  speargun. You have not lived until you have experienced  deadly  King  Brown  snakes sliding into your toilet  bowl to pick off frogs .