“Today I learned that Tom Cruise spent two years of his youth at St Francis Seminary in Cincinnati, studying to be a priest,” declares Richard Murnane of Hornsby. “The phrase Missionary Impossible springs to mind.”
“Pamela Kerr’s mention of a ‘wigwam for a goose’s bridle’ (C8), brings back memories of another saying my mother used when asked by us kids ‘Where are you going?‘” recalls Mary Carde of Parrearra (Qld). “She would usually answer ‘There and back to see our farities’. To this day, I never got to meet our farities or find out where the heck they lived.”
Stephanie Edwards of Leichhardt says, “My late father used the ‘wigwam for a goose’s bridle’ expression. Does anyone know its origin? As children, we accepted he really meant we didn’t need to know.”
“Graham Lum, I suspect that something that is ‘neither here nor there’ (C8) is, in the words of the song, over the hills and far away,” advises Coral Button of North Epping.
“Try as I might, I couldn’t think where something might be if it were ‘neither here nor there’,” says Don Bain of Port Macquarie. “Left me feeling quite G. Lum.”
We thought we’d dropped the long drop (C8), but Maureen Edwards of Caringbah wouldn’t let it pass: “I was just with a friend in Fiji. She related to her son that the resort had Dropbox toilets. It could be argued that some things put on that app could be comparable.”
“Koel (C8) complainers, get a grip,” orders Chris Robinson of Valla Beach. “Try listening to the never-ending sound of the wonga pigeon. Google the sound and nod in agreement.” One person in agreement is Mullumbimby local Jude Alcorn who says one must endure the call for “hours, days, weeks. I could just keep going - just like it does! At least it’s a stunning bird to look at.”
“It was a relief to see the embargo [It wasn’t an embargo, I was just scared - Granny] on George Sr lifted (sorry George Jr) in a puntribution that combined both the culinary and the King,” opines Paul Taylor of Winston Hills. “It brought to mind an Indian friend who was inspired to become an Elvis impersonator because, in his words, ‘my pappadum told me’.”
“Don’t be cruel,” implores Peter Miniutti of Ashbury. “We know George lives on the edge of reality at the best of times.”
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