“I am looking forward to the Olympic Games opening ceremony,” says Brian Collins of Cronulla. “I will be watching with interest the ‘Parade of the Athletes’ on the Seine river, with special attention to those athletes (literally) going overboard with their selfies!”
George Manojlovic’s offering on Olympic rations (C8), was well received by readers (if not the athletes) with Chris Roylance of Paddington declaring “He snailed it by George!” and Brian Kidd of Mount Waverley (Vic) hoping they arrive in Paris quickly and not “at a snail’s pace.” However, Col Burns of Lugarno did have concerns: “I hope all that ‘S cargo’ doesn’t make our athletes too sluggish, George.”
“In response to John Perry’s canvassing of creative names for electric vehicles (C8), it should be an easy one for Volvo,” reckons Allan Roberts of Dulwich Hill. “All hail the eVolvo!”
Christine Tracey of Worrowing Heights thinks Cadbury (C8) are confecting the figures: “I’ve always pondered over the size of the glass and a half of milk in Cadbury chocolate. So, come clean Cadbury, do you use pint or shot glasses, or anything in between? Without advising the actual (real) amount of milk, have Cadbury given a false impression?”
“I jumped on the Cadbury website to check if there was any mention of that famous ‘glass and a half’ slogan and was immediately made welcome with an offer to accept all their cookies,” says Jack Dikian of Mosman. “Good job Cadbury.”
According to Bob McLeod of Chatswood, there is no dead letter office (C8) at Rookwood: “I write in reply to David Curry who saw three Australia Post vehicles turning into Rookwood Cemetery. They were actually going to the Sydney West Letters Facility (SWLF), the large building on the corner.”
“I’m beginning to doubt whether all these Condom-related (C8) stories are true,” writes Paul Taylor of Winston Hills. “Some of your contributors may be stretching a point.”
“While travelling in Guatemala, my sister Jenny enjoyed an excellent pork Picado stew at a roadside café then climbed the rickety stairs to the long drop dunny (C8),” relates Bruce Satchwell of Carrara (Qld). “On looking down she was greeted by a large pig with mouth open, ready to recycle.”
The mention of “Pontius the Pilot” (C8) by Robyn Hansen’s five-year-old friend isn’t that far off the mark reckons Judith Maynard of McMahons Point. They were after all on the “Flight into Egypt.”
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