Dad was ever the larrikin, always up for a practical joke and his favourite involved a bucket of fresh seawater. After his early morning dip he’d return to camp with his bucket full then select his targets.
My cousins were all older teens and early twenties trying to sleep off their late night capers … no idea what as I was too young.
Then he would whip their bedclothes back and douse them in water calling out “surfs up!” This gave the others a slim warning that he was on his rounds. He had zero tolerance for ‘lazy bones’.
Carrot Ranch Challenge, March 21, 2019, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that features a bucket of water. What is the condition of the water and what is the bucket for? Drop deep into the well and draw from where the prompt leads!
Some families would have that as a fond memory and some as an annoying memory. It gave me a smile 🙂
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My father tried similar but I fought back.
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Now, that’s one ‘interesting’ wake up call 🙂
Loved your take!
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Great response to the prompt, Kate. I’m pleased Dad was a larrikin, though I wouldn’t have appreciated been woken that way. 🙂
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we, his children, wouldn’t have dared sleep in, he had us well trained in many ways, marching miles, being punctual …
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That sounds like something my dad would do. I’m glad he never actually did.
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lol he left us with some fun memories … I did get revenge for those drenched cousins years later … but that’s another story!
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I can’t remember things for myself. I am not the one to remember things for other people.
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My parents were fond of chucking a glass of water on me to wake me up in the morning.
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lol very glad to hear my father was not the only one Athena 🙂
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Now, that’s a wake up call. lol
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I had a FIL a bit like that.
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Great picture and story Kate. I would be certain to be on the lookout after getting soaked just once.
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lol teens have memory issues, maybe the growth spurt plays havoc with it?
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Ha, ha! Those early birds can be annoying larks! 😀 Fun story, Kate.
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your father loved to laugh; This reminds me a long time ago when I spent the morning in the bedrooms of our 6 children with my shaving cream.!!!:)
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lovely Michel that it brought back some fun fond memories for you also!
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40 years later my children still have fresh memories of my “funny ” behavior! 🙂
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Love it!
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I like to look at the sea, water, swim, I do not like water, I’m afraid.
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lol Dad is dead many years now, so have no fear 🙂
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It would be welcomed in summers! 😀
Brr! Winters would be another story!!
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lol we only camped in summer 🙂
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Harsh… wow. But funny 😀
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I bet those kids would have been more alert after the first dousing.
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HA! I love this! 😀 Your Dad sounds like he was a fun guy! I would’ve gotten on well with him! I like playing pranks…and I make sure mine are fun pranks! 🙂
HUGS!!! with no buckets of water involved! 😛
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That would be hilarious, Kate but to be woken up with cold water, oh God awful. A lovely read.
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Haha, he sounds quite the character 🤣
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was indeed … as soon as I read the prompt a bucket of water this immediately came to mind 🙂
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Nice take on the prompt. I will have to think about the prompt for a day or two (but hopefully before the week ends, this time). ~nan
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That would be awful for me.😂
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lol but when we are younger we can take it better 🙂
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I’d hate to be waken up by a bucket full of sea water 😁🤣
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lol everything would be soaked and he just didn’t care … you were safe if you were up 🙂
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