“A camel is usually known as a grumpy animal, so what makes a camel happy?”
Sit back and enjoy this hilarious story written by one of my favourite bloggers. ٩(˘◡˘)۶
Well here I am, Uncle Spike, popping up on this wonderful blog as guest writer for a day, after Pat, your host, was the recent winner of a ‘Guess What’ photo-image post on my blog.
Camels, hmm, yes… we are known to be rather grumpy old farts, I have to admit. I mean, wouldn’t you be, plodding around under the heat of the desert, with nuffink to dangle your lips into for sustenance for days on end? Or worse still, some of us end up carting round overweight pink tourists all day long; who seem to like being decorated in nothing more than an ill-fitting bikini top, garish shorts, a camera strung around their scrawny necks, screeching with raucous laughter and wearing an embarrassing sunhat??
Talking of grumpy camels, here’s one of my cousins who lives in Tunisia, who goes by the name of “Bryan ‘The Camel’ Jones” (don’t ask me why, he’s been out in the desert for too long, his brains are addled I guess)… He’s a definite grump though, but probably with good reason – you see, lugging around bundles of crops all day under the sun, or pulling that old plough (plow) must play havoc with his old bones, so yeah, he has every right to be a grump me thinks.
But we are not all grumpy. My third cousin, twice removed, “Esmeralda”, has a wicked sense of fun, especially in her second hump – you see, her first hump contains her sensibility, or so she says anyhow. But Esmeralda is a cutie, and you gotta admit, she was born to flash that killer grin, yeah?
And then we have my “Uncle Boz”. He’s a tough old brute, but in a nice way I mean. He works on a farm just north of Nakuru, which is just a tad south of the equator in Kenya, East Africa. He can be a bit grumpy, or so my Aunt says. Here he is by the way, wearing his least grumpy smile when we visited him last year to share in a family New Year.
But what about me, “Uncle Spike”? Well, I’m half grumpy, half bonkers I think you could say. I have my off days, as does any camel, but on the whole, I’m a happy middle-aged camel, living here in southwest Turkey on a fruit farm. I know, I know, not every camel’s dream job, right? But it’s steady work, and although the summers are hot here, around 40-45 every day (or 104-113 if you are from the States), the winters are mild, but soggy, and I’ve found that my flabby old feet do rather well on the porous rocky mountainous terrain here when the ground is soaked like a sponge dropped into a bath.
But I’ll tell you what makes me really happy, ‘life’. I’m a happy camel who loves life, and now I’m a blogger, fancy that? So yeah, we can be grumps or funsters… Life as a camel is a mixed bag, you gotta admit…!
Thanks for your hospitality Pat, and hope my debt is repaid now.
UNCLE SPIKE (www.unclespikes.wordpress.com)
Hahai, enjoyed the challenge – always good fun to write something spontaneous on a given subject 🙂
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Yes, very creative writing indeed. Sydelle said I should change the title to ‘What makes a camel happy?’ ◠‿◠
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Sounds go to me, sensible gal
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Reblogged this on Uncle Spike's Adventures and commented:
Here’s a tale about a camel called Spike that I penned as a guest writer for Pat, the winner of the latest ‘Guess What’ competition 🙂
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Reblogged this on Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life and commented:
I am supposed to be decluttering and packing boxes but caught sight of this post from ‘Uncle Spike’ the camel… had to share – nothing like a happy camel…..
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(>‿◠)✌
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Honoured… thank you 🙂
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Your camels have so much character! Those tobacco stained teeth are not their best feature but those smiles and poses are hilarious. ❤ ❤ ❤
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Yes, thanks to Uncle Spike ٩(^◡^ )
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But I floss well…
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😀 😀 😀 Maybe REAL floss instead of desert rope?
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Bugger…
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😀 😀 😀 ~(*_~)~~
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Great choice of subject and well written indeed!
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Thanks Annette. Only our Uncle Spike could write such a funny story (>‿◠)
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$10 wasn’t it Annette?
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Oh sorry – I though you said $20!
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Have you seen our currency recently since the Syrian civil war started three years ago? (1.00 GBP was 2.50 but now 3.70)
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Oh dear – not so good if you want to visit the UK or buy anything British. Makes a holiday in Turkey very attractive though. That is quite a drop!
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Yep, hence we haven’t flown for a few years… tickets are same price internationally, but 48% extra here (over and above usual increases, inflation etc). Hey ho, such is life…
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I need that don’t like button again! Seriously they ought to think about a few more buttons that work the same as the like button as it never seems polite to say like when someone is telling you something bad.
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True…
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I delighted in the whole post! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Linda
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(>‿◠)✌
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momwithoutpaws had a Llama named Leah she did not trust people right away, but if you had treats in your hand she would come over. Momwithoutpaws could do anything with her. She never spit or bit because she trusted momwithoutpaws as much as I do. woof
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That was SUPER, Spikey! Kudos! 🙂
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Ah, Pleased as a Puss, I see! So You have changed incarnations! 🙂
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Reblogged this on lovehappinessandpeace and commented:
Some Superb sharings from a Happy, er, Camel! 🙂
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Such a lovely Post.. Made me smile.. At that farm park yesterday were Lamas.. after I fed it, I got spat upon LOL.. Made our 5 yr old granddaughter hoot with laughter.. 🙂 while I wiped my specs.. haha.. L0L 🙂
Have a happy Day.. Love and Blessings xxx Sue
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Haha..so glad to know that Lamas has good sense of humour too! Hugz & love
to you, Sue!(*’∀’人)♥
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Yes my Granddaughter thought it so so funny she laughed about it all day 🙂
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LOL…thanks again for the laughs! Happy Friday to you, Sue! ♥(ˆ⌣ˆԅ)
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VERY nice, Spike! And Kudos on bringing him in, Patricia! 🙂
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Yes, Swami. But sadly Spike had stopped blogging. (⌣_⌣”)
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I went on a camel ride once in Lanzarote (Canary Islands) and while our camel was ok, the one behind us in the train was evil and bad tempered. It got to the point where it was really scary as he kept trying to bite my young son who was petrified. All ended well though fortunately.
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Hahaha..thanks for sharing your camel ride story. I’ll be careful if I ever decide to ride on one. (´∇ノ`*)ノ
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