Re-Gifted presents ...

It was during the early 1990’s, on one of their visits to Melbourne, when I had Andrew and Sally staying with me. During their stay, it happened to be my girlfriend, Christine’s birthday, and we had all planned a night together to celebrate. Arriving at Christine’s house, I was surprised that Andrew and Sally had gone to so much effort in buying her 3 birthday presents, given they didn’t really know her that well.

As she opened the first gift I thought, “Oh that’s nice, I’ve got the same CD!”. It wasn’t until she opened the third gift that the penny dropped, and I realised that, not only were they belongings scavenged from my house, but Ecky had actually used my wrapping paper as well.

It was never a safe game to try and outdo Ecky on the pranks front, as he had an imagination for the devious and scheming that went way beyond the “normal” boundaries.

I will really miss him.