Sunday, 27 February 2011

Curiosity killed the cat


My choice of "Tyley Tours" as my guide around Kangaroo Island gave me an insight into life on KI that not many tourists see!
Our first stop was "The Fish Factory", the place where Ben sells his crays.

The main man and a fisherman were sorting crabs and putting them into trays.
I decided to ask a couple of questions to break the ice and develop a rapport with these guys.
First question: Where are these crabs going to end up?
Answer (from main man): Who cares? Any-bloody-where that pays!
OK, now I know what I'm dealing with.
So I go for a simple question that requires a simple answer. Surely I'll get a straight answer to this one....
Next question: What type of crabs are these?
My curiosity was stopped dead in it's tracks by the answer provided by the fisherman:
"Big C**ts!" he shouted across the room at full volume.

Even the crabs cringed as he said it.
At this point, Ben was pretty keen to move on because he's losing credibility as a fisherman (and tourguide) by the second.
Ben walked over to another tank and picked up a cray to show me what he catches while the other guys continue sorting crabs.
I took a quick photo of the cray and a big c**t (see photos!!) and the Tyley Tours party shuffled off to go and see Ben's boat - perhaps there would be some interesting people there to ask questions of...
... and there were, but that's another story.

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