´Remember the first time I gave you a big old shake?´

The title of this entry quotes the exact words spoken to me by one L. Forbes at around 6am, Saturday, the day after St Patricks day...

After a suitable post-work gunning, it was decided the best way to end the night would be to trespass on the grounds of a prestigious Sydney boys private school and admire the view of the harbour... This evolved (obviously) into the aforementioned waking up the one homeless man in Waverton to ask him if he would like a cigarette, to which his response was to say ´no mate´put his blanket back on and go back to sleep. Mr Forbes, deeply offended, then proceeded to question this man´s homeless status asking loudly ´What kind of bum turns down a smoke?´ and ´His blankets look dry-cleaned! What kind of bum has dry-cleaned sheets?´ (the obvious answer would have been a bum in Waverton but it was very early in the morning). I attempted to reason with him suggesting that the gentleman may not be a smoker to which he replied ´bullshit, every bum smokes. Fact. You look like you need another shake Ross-Edwards´. He followed up this statement by aggressively shaking me from the shoulders.

Sources confirmed that later in the day another incident occured when Mr Forbes ran into said derelict at a local bottle shop. The resident of Waverton Park´s only bench had allegedly ¨just popped down to pick up a case of Crownies, just in case I entertain at some stage of the weekend and someone isn`t a wine drinker¨. Mr Forbes had simply been inquiring to the shops management why they did not keep their methylated spirits in the fridge. After a heated debate CCTV footage shows Mr Forbes violently shaking both the stores manager, and the young female assistant before he purchased a bag of ice and quietly left.
Mr Forbes is quoted as saying ¨ït was one of those good violent shakes where you slap them a bit and you almost feel bad about it after¨.