ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
A French Quarter couple who not only brought their kid down to the local for dinner – but also their fucking dog – asked to speak to the publican last night at the Gelded Seahorse Hotel after hearing a bloke in the TAB yell at the TV.
The man in the TAB was Martin Overell, who is the second cousin of The Advocate’s editor, Clancy. Martin enjoys following the greyhounds on Tuesday nights while his wife attends night school over the road at Teacher’s College.
However last night, Martin’s peace was interrupted by an apologetic publican who said he needed to tone down the language because there were kids about.
Speaking to The Advocate this morning, Martin said the interaction left him feeling embarrassed and angry.
“I mean, fuck me,” he prefaced the conversation as he usually does.
“Where can a man just have a cold pint by himself and have a punt? Not at the fucking Geldo, that’s for sure. Yeah, sure, I was yelling at the TV a fair bit but that’s because I was backing donkeys, mate.”
When asked what he was yelling, Martin sighed and broke eye contact.
“Sure, I might’ve said something along the lines of, ‘Get up, you fucking cunt!’ and ‘Oh fuck you, Martin. You stupid fucking cunt!’ and I guess a few ‘Come on, you stripey cunt! Come on!’ which I guess if you know there’s a kid and a fucking dog within earshot is a bit much,” he said.
“But anyway, when Brett the publican, who has a nice Merc by the way, came up to me and said can you stop swearing your fucking head off because there’s fucking families here trying to have a nice feed, I felt like a cunt,”
“So I look over and there some four-eyed yuppie cunt looking at me like I’ve just tried to boot his little Pekingese dog clear over Rue de Putain. His wife also was looking at me with disdain. The bloody dog was pissing on the floorboards and kid looked like it was barely old enough to support the weight of its own head,”
“I don’t see what the fucking problem was, neither did Brett to be honest, but yeah, I guess this is what’s happening to inner Betoota these days. The game’s over, the rich boomers and their cunt children have won.”
More to come.
