That's hilarious Bots!
My neighbour was (she's an angel now) a highly regarded, talented, award-winning costume designer + set designer for the theatre, ballet + opera. She had a black fluffy cat called Thuggie, who died at the age of 25. The following Christmas was approaching + I saw an advert for a Thuggie look-alike, showed her + asked if she'd like a Kitten for Christmas. She said yes, the kitten was at Bankstown - the suburb that Eddie Everywhere confused with Blacktown - GWS. A felafel at Bankstown, remember?
So my neighbour + I set out early on a Saturday morning to collect the kitten. Stopped at Bankstown Square for a cappuccino, only to be amazed that the shopping centre was completely empty. We'd heard a car backfiring + there were security guards + we pressed on, found a cafe + ordered our cappuccinos. The girl in the cafe was quite sullen + not enthusiastic to serve us, but we chatted on, the car backfired a few more times. She gave us cappuccinos + off we went. On the way back to the car park there were police everywhere, madly waving at us + we thought how friendly they were. The damn bloody bug***y car backfired again + the police were trying ever so hard to get our attention + we waved at them again. Then a Police SWAT team nearly knocked us over, I'd have been so p!**ed off if they'd spilled my cappuccino. Back to the car + that stupid car was still backfiring. We went + collected the kitten (which is another story altogether) drove home via Earlwood, stopped at the Our Lady of Lourdes grotto, bought some Lourdes water, baptised the Kitten + drove home. That evening at 6:00 + 20 seconds, my neighbour rang, screeched "Turn on the NEWS!!!!!!!! N - O - W - ! ! ! ! !"
There'd been a shoot out at Bankstown Square that morning between police + men 'of Mediterranean appearance' with the SWAT team storming the shopping centre (+ nearly spilling my cappuccino), shooting one of the men OMA dead, arresting a few!!!
So we'd gone into buy cappuccinos during the shooting - which I thought was that damn annoying car backfiring! So the news cameras are covering it + who do we see leaving Bankstown Square car park? Kitty's little VW Polo - didn't notice anything!!!