Funny Car Stories - Just for fun :)

Not quite a Car story but I did get a ride in the ambulance OK here goes. My wife and I were happily expecting the arrival of our first child, due date sept 28th 2008. I had also been cast as Samuel, the pirate kings offsider in G&S Pirates of Penzance at MPAC (Mandurah). Due to complications (Footling breach) my wife and I had tried to get the baby turned to the correct position for delivery but to no avail and now due to stress to the baby my wife and I welcomed little Amber-Monica into the world at 6 min past 2pm Sept 4th 2008 via cescarian, which just happened to be opening night of Pirates. Before anyone asks YES I was present at the birth, cut the chord, did the whole proud dad with cigars thing etc etc then with the wifes blessings dashed to the theatre half an hour before curtains to play my part in a whildly euphoric state of bliss. Now for the fun part...... because we didnt know the sex beforehand we hadnt painted the nursery, and now that we knew we had a girl (and wife doesnt like pink) we settled for an off blue kinda purply-green colour....... and proud new dad has to paint the nursery so Thurs 4th Sept 2.06pm Baby arrives 7.00pm Proud Dad arrives at theatre dons costume makeup and performs Pirates. Midnight - Dad arrives home and begins painting nursery Fri 5th Sept 7am Dad finishes painting nursery and heads to hospital to spend day making sure new mum and bub are doing ok. 7pm arrive theatre and perform again. Midnight - Dad arrives home and cleans house from top to bottom and remembers he had better eat something. mmmmmm leftover pizza. Sat 6th Sept 7am Dad wakes up from couch with dog eating leftover pizza (15 mins sleep better than none) Dad heads to hospital to once again make sure mum and bub are fine. 11am head to theatre for matinee performance. 5pm to 7pm break between matinee and evening shows back to hospital for quick visit then back to theatre. scull 2 beers with some friends and head inside for evening show. By interval I knew something was wrong but stubburn pride refused me to allow cracks to appear. 2nd half done, now just have to get through the curtain call...... curtains close for final time and I walk off stage and ask the big burly stagehand to catch me as I colapse from lack of sleep, food, water and lets face it sheer exhaustion. What happens next is kinda blury, one cast member is a nurse so am in good hands. oxy-viva at MPAC helped lots to regulate my breathing, when it ran out people rang around other places in Mandurah looking for another one (ambulance was on its way) One place offered there oxy set only to discover theatre manager said oxy-viva not oxy-ACETALYNE. Ambulance arrives, now it's midnight and it's off to hospital where wife is sleeping with baby not knowing that her stubborn proud typical male of a husband is in the emergency ward getting checked over by the on-call doctor ahhhhhh all for the love of my little girl, my wife, and theatre........ ok so it wasn't a car storey but still a storey none-the-less.......... Dad Mum and Bub all fine nowdays with Dad looking forward to babys 1st birthday party and auditions for NARNIA at MPAC...... this time with lots of food, fluids and sleep..... "Ne laissez jamais les salauds à vous".