Lurchy Jokes

There was a showing of the Russell Crowe movie "Master and Commander" in trendy Glenelg, a seaside suburb of Adelaide on 12th December, 2003.

During the movie, four patrons collapsed vomiting with the result the cinema was cleared and, fearing an environmental air problem, surrounding streets were evacuated. Most of the Adelaide police force was in attendance along with fire engines galore. My radio station was keeping us all posted and it sounded quite serious. Friday night in Glenelg is the place to be for outdoor dining and shopping in extremely up-market shops and it takes a disaster of monumental proportions to empty this place.

During this movie, which takes place on a very lurchy boat on an equally lurchy ocean, there is an operation performed with primitive instruments - enough to turn your stomach it seems, which is exactly what happened. A patron was feeling seasick and the operation just topped it all off and she hurled and three others more...