Local Blokes Busy Social Calendar Has Him Eating Pub Cooked Meals Until Christmas Day

KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACT

A local bloke's digestive system is expected to take a pounding over the coming weeks as he stares into a daily diet of foods that strictly come with a choice of chips and salad, or mash and veg.

The news comes as 29-year-old procurement specialist, Dean Ruddick, realises that every meal between now and Christmas will be eaten in some form of pub, club or bistro.

With his corporate job winding up for the year, and pub lunches becoming a daily occurrence, Dean’s also at the stage of the year where every friend, old work mate, member of his Cricket club, and even his next door neighbour has proposed the concept of a pub meal, and probably two or more beers.

“What are you meant to say to people this time of year, no one wants to meet up for a 6pm feed at Fishbowl?” says Dean.

“Sushi trains are a salmonella hotspot this time of year, and I can’t find any cheap restaurants that will have the cricket on TV.”

“No, the tried and tested best option for a post work December feed is whatever pub has the cheapest steak, schnitty or god forbid, burger special.”

With literal days before the glorious 19th of December hits, and everyone begins the long retreat back to their hometown, Dean says even the meals back in Windora will include some form of crumbed, battered or deep fried meat.

“Then once I get home for Christmas, the real pub action begins. They’ll be the 10 beer Sundays with all the old boys from school. Plus the Monday night pre-Christmas family catch-up at the RSL. I just know my brother-in-law will propose going to the rissole cos it’s got a slippery dip and a climbing wall for the little cousins. Plus gets Mum out of the house.”

“You just can’t avoid it this time of year!”

More little tubs of aioli to come.