“Speaking of lawyers (C8), I found it amusing that Steven Spielberg would name his shark Bruce in the film Jaws,” says Jack Dikian of Mosman. “Apparently, he named it after his lawyer, Bruce Ramer.” Not sure Mr Ramer saw the funny side during his Harvard Law Today interview: “They never paid me a royalty – that’s all I know.”
John Holstein of Yerong Creek was in court at Tumbarumba during the July winter sittings, “and it was so cold we found a lawyer with his hands in his own pockets”.
Seems like spiders (C8) like to catch a ride. Graham Carter of Eglinton takes us back to “around 1970, when hair was long and skirts were short. I was driving a young lady home when she flipped the sun visor down, thus allowing my resident fly-catching arachnid to drop into her lap. The ensuing scream led to an emergency braking manoeuvre and rapid passenger exit to rank with Warren Mitchell’s ride in the country.”
Speaking of Warren(s), “I, too, remember what an outstanding performance Warren Mitchell gave in Death of a Salesman,” says Joe Barry of Lalor Park. “His American accent was perfect, unlike that of Mel Gibson’s Biff.” To be fair, Mel was fresh out of NIDA and, in his words, “green and wet behind the ears”.
“If Adrian Bell (C8) thinks having days of the week on his undies is a problem, apparently you can buy ones with months of the year on them,” says Peter Miniutti of Ashbury. “Anyone got a whiff of this?” Meri Will of Baulkham Hills adds that “Adrian need not be boxed by labelled undies. This is butt a sales gimmick in the race to the bottom.”
“Well now, Adrian Bell and George Manojlovic opening the batting for Tuesday’s Column,” notes Don Bain of Port Macquarie. “It was Adrian who famously slammed the Column for becoming George’s private journal: ‘not only trivial but moronic’. The resultant uproar kept Granny flat-out for weeks!”
Talk of electric suitcases (C8) has steered Rosemary Seam of Kempsey to mobilise early: “With only 119 days to Christmas, I plan to ask Santa for one of those magical three-wheeler electric suitcases, please. Can just see myself whizzing around airports as a frequent flyer.” And beyond the airport, Caroline Davies of Annandale recently “saw an elderly Asian gentlemen whizzing around on one on the first floor of the QVB”.
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