30th Sept I'm a lumberjack and I'm (NOT) okay


A 16 year old apprentice lumberjack has returned from his first day on the job not quite sure that it's the profession for him and questioning whether he should have been a plumber like his Dad.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with Grace Under Pressure his mam Shirley explained, "He was ever so keen to get there early, so keen in fact that he left well before it got light. And it must have only been some sort of induction cause he was back home by 8am. He just went straight upstairs and shut himself in his room. I suspect he's just worn out, I mean me bairn's barely bit enough to lift up a chain saw never mind do any serious damage with it."

"By the time I got back from taking the little un's to school, well he didn't seem to have any enthusiasm for his new job. All I could get out of him was that he thinks he has fallen victim to some sort of initiation prank that went a bit wrong".

"He didn't really want to talk about it but when I pressed him and asked if he actually but any trees down he said it was only one, but a big one. Still I guess it's a start isn't it."




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