"You could try" and "I couldn't guarantee it but it's a good idea" and "You might have something there!" and yelped as Turbo used the ER on him.
Just up the road, with another load of Waygus Turbo was stopped by a Stock Inspector.
The SI couldn't help but notice Turbo was holding something under his reefer jacket.
"Is that a gun, you've got there?" he asked suspiciously.
Turbo laughed and said "No, just an itch"
They were just three km from the last tick gate and since this was within the 10 km limit, the SI was looking forward to a very detailed write-up.
For those not familiar with livestock or tick gates, these are confined mainly to Queensland, where many property owners "forget" to register new calves for what the Qld Government thinks is a petty-cash $137.82.
The Qld Government is smart, realising that all these calves eventually had to come down the roads to the Abbatoirs, so they installed Tick Gates.
These are not gates across the road, because that would required SI's to open them for every car, motor home or semi; they are just pretend gates with a crapper nearby for the SI to make a cup of tea.
When the SI held up his hand to a stock vehicle, the driver was obligated to stop and the SI tick off the registered livestock and give you a right royal ticking off if you didn't have tags on them.
So the name "Tick Gate" just stuck.
Mostly SIs spend their time at the local pub telling stories, so people get used to driving through at 100 km/hr or 130 km/hr for semi drivers who were never sure whether they should stop or had a free pass.
As the two people faced off, the SI pressed his collar button which sent an alarm to the local Highway Patrol.
Now Turbo and the various State and Territory Highway Patrols have a long history, and the Highway Patrol Kia made its way to the scene quickly.
Turbo had read the excited body language of the Stock Inspector so he waited for the HP players to arrive with the intention of reaming all three with his new Expanding Reamer.
However, just as the Highway Patrol arrived a steer broke out of the trailer and .........