In Reply to: what's a funny story on what happened posted by ilovebalitoo on Tuesday, 10. January 2012 at 15:29 Bali Time:
baldrick [the wife]had taken a tumble on garlic lane near ketuts so we decided to go and see our good mate johnny at posers for a drink and a feed[and a patch up:)]after lunch and a few ales we decided to head back to the hotel. got outside and hailed a taxi and got in.said hello to the driver and told him our destination.as we are heading towards the hotel the driver asked me where i was from.now i'm 6ft 3 and around 100kgs of nz origin[maori],live in aust now, but when i ask them where they think i'm from they reply 'HOLLAND'why "holland? i ask,reply cause you are tall????. any ways i love having a joke with the balinese and javanese and find they have a wicked and warped sense of humour.so when the driver asked me where i was from i replied 'my name is ketut and my village is in kintamani'next thing the driver slams the brakes on and just stares at me with eyeballs the size of saucers.'christ,whats going on' i said to the driver which he replied "YOU ARE GOD,how do you know me,i have never seen you before but you know me,i am ketut from kintamani, i tried to explain to him that i was only joking and didn't know him ,but he wouldn't have a bar of it.all the way back he just kept looking at me smiling and nodding his head at me.when we got back to the hotel he wouldn't take any money but i gave him the fair plus a good tip to which he was very grateful.