Opinion on the credibility of an incongruous croc sighting in Noosa is split, but not for local man Martin Field, who snaps: “I can report that the only crocs you will sight in Noosa are those hideous coloured plastic ones on the feet of tourists.”
“I’m a shoes or nothing guy, old enough to remember my chagrin at the rise in popularity of sandals in the late 1950s and rubber thongs soon after,” reflects Andrew Cohen of Glebe. “I coped, sort of, including barefoot adventures, but when crocs appeared on feet in Noosa’s Hastings Street in 2003, I realised that, inevitably, civilisation was doomed.”
“The recent discussion of opposite sides for indicator stalks [C8] stems from the early conversion of left-hand-drive vehicles,” says Tim Blatch of Hallidays Point. “European cars have the indicator on the door side of the wheel, as did local right-hand-drive cars. Converters were too lazy to mirror the layout and simply moved the whole wheel assembly over to the right, resulting in the confusion.”
Volvo (C8) driver Duncan McRobert’s lack of style enhancements, specifically the self-confessed absence of a hat, gave pause for thought to Bob Hall of Wyoming, who suspects that “Duncan’s hat was obviously at the back window where they usually sit”. Curiously, Peter Farquhar of Coffs Harbour wonders if he wore a cardigan. Well, earlier correspondence does indicate Dunc is a bit of a cardigan guy.
Allan Gibson of Cherrybrook isn’t one to sit on the fence: “The scandal that brought down Richard Nixon was dubbed Watergate because it involved the Watergate Hotel in Washington DC. Room 214 was used in the infamous break-in and is now known as the Scandal Suite. The hotel overlooks the Potomac River, which once used ‘water gates’ to control the flow of water in the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. Since that 1972 event, it seems that when there is a whiff of a scandal or cover up ‘we’ have appended a gate [C8] to it.”
“Forget squeaky dog toys [C8],” advises Susan Howard of Cronulla. “I was gifted the most appropriate Trump merch. A toilet brush with his head as the brush. Shame the orange colour clashes with the decor of the bathroom.”
Judith Campbell of Drummoyne suggests that “surely members of the INDY [I’m Not Dead Yet] generation [C8] would be those who precede the Boomers. There are still a lot of us about.”
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