You wait here ...

Everyone I know loves this story about Kelly travelling in Hong Kong with his mate Jimmy.  The boys ventured into a Go-Go bar and bought themselves a couple of beers.  The bar girls were very friendly, so they order a round of drinks for them as well.  

After two rounds, Kelly suggests it might be time to head off.  The bill arrives and the beers are $50 each and the ladies drinks about the same.

Kelly is outraged and swears there is no way he is paying $100 for two beers.  So he storms off and as he’s headed for the door he shouts out to James;

“You wait here, I’ll get the police!”

I think Jimmy paid.  Cheers.

Magnets

Circa 2004 Kelly and I (with the help of family and friends) cleaned out the family home so we could sell it.  We held a garage sale that was almost too successful.  Kelly and I were waiting on a few phone calls playing cribbage in the empty house.  We’d sold all of the furniture, TVs and radios … I think we only had one chair to sit on.

The phone rings, the crib board gets tipped over and the little metal cribbage pegs fell down the heating vent in the floor.  I could get my hand in and touch them, but couldn’t pick them up. I said, “If only I had a magnet …”

Kelly reaches into his pocket and pulls out a really strong neodymium magnet.  I have no idea why he had a magnet in his pocket, but he did.  The cribbage pegs were retrieved and the game restarted.

When we were kids

This was a photo I always wanted to recreate ... but Kelly couldn't remember the song

CHEESE

Parkas have always been cool

Did they only have food for one?

John Timothy Kelly Stearne

Here are some memories from his family and friends, for his family and friends.