The Things They Do To You/Survival In The Doghouse: John O'Grady

The Things They Do To You: O'Grady sez: Before we start...The enemies of man are not always visible, and this is a good thing. Because we are told we should love our enemies. Some of our enemies love us so much, they like to move in with us - permanently. They like to organise us. They like to see we get plenty of exercise. Doctors help us defeat these enemies. Doctors are our friends. Although you wouldn't always think so. Sometimes they cart you away and the friendship becomes a bit strained...by the things they do to you. A tropical illness landed O'Grady in hospital, and this is a record of the friends and enemas he encountered there. Survival In The Doghouse: To be 'in the doghouse' is Australian for being in trouble with the wife. Stan, Ray, Dave and Lurky find themselves out of favour with their respective missus and so they take refuge down in Dave's old boat-shed. The wives expect them to crawl home half starved and full of apologies after a few hours, but the four mates decide to fend for themselves - cook, clean and shop - with the occasional drop of Red Ned in between. They're going to prove they can survive without the fairer sex - well - that's the theory...and their wives are intrigued by the situation. John O'Grady knows a fair bit about surviving, cooking, cleaning - and Red Ned.