“I find it interesting how in news reports, important people don’t just land – they touch down,” ponders John Back of Moss Vale. “Oddly, I have never heard a news report of them touching up!”
Despite his “not guilty” verdict, our friend Adrian Bell of Davistown (C8) felt it pertinent to “acknowledge the forensic research by Don Bain and the C8 editors for their groundwork as I cannot find any trace of that ancient email.”
George Manojlovic of Mangerton continues the conciliation: “Are you sure we’ve never met, Adrian? It’s just that your name rings a … oh, never mind. Anyhow, regarding the pronunciation of my name, you must have been paying attention years ago when I advised readers to imagine the ‘J’ is a ‘Y’, and I’m a son of a vitch.”
“Your contributor, Andrew Cohen of Glebe, is not funny, demonstrably ignorant and will say anything to get published in Column 8. He should be ashamed of himself,” writes … erm … Andrew Cohen of Glebe.
Granny’s man on the ground in Paris, Xavier Simonin, has considered Richard Murnane’s (C8) suggestion that the French equivalent of “it’s nothing to write home about” is “it’s nothing to whip a cat about” and says, “definitely not!” But he does say that the other option, “it doesn’t break three legs of a duck,” is “quite close but not much in use these days”. He does, however, admit that “I’ve used it myself.”
“Christine Stewart, those socks (C8) have not gone missing,” declares Kenneth Smith of Orange. “Check your kitchen drawers. They have mutated into Tupperware lids that don’t fit any containers.” Judy Finch of Taree adds: “The humble sock, so full of life’s expectations when first encountering the foot, soon finds itself lost and undervalued, so wanders off to find itself.”
“I’ve just had an excellent coffee and cake at a local eatery,” says Heather Harman of Tuncurry. “Do others find it strange when the table napkin is under the cake?”
Painting David Pigott (C8) with the Two Blues rugby brush has left Granny red-faced and resulted in a demand for a retraction: “Whilst I now live in North Parramatta, I was born and bred in Eastwood, and hence I have followed Eastwood Rugby all my life. I would hate to think that my family, friends and fellow Woodies supporters reading the item now think I follow Western Sydney Rugby.”
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