“Teresa Bubear (C8), your mother and her colleague would have been shopping for long sleeved frocks and/or jackets, as arms were NEVER exposed in a courtroom, supreme or not,” writes Carole Dawes of Randwick. “And, your mother and her colleague knew not to shop for trousers to wear to court, as judges were known to say to women wearing trousers, ‘I can’t see you’ and entirely ignore the solicitous female.” C8 legal authority, Edward Loong of Milsons Point confirms this and adds that it “had nothing to do with poor vision, but was a stern message to those concerned to promptly excuse themselves, and only return when dressed appropriately.” As Teresa said: “Change was very slow”.
More on the younger side of faith (C8): “An obviously guilty young boy was overheard by his mother mumbling ‘Sorry Harry’,” says Colleen Burke of Drummoyne. “When she inquired who Harry was, he replied his class had learned about ‘Our father who art in Heaven, Harold be thy name’.”
Marie Duffy of Waverton recalls “a friend’s child, who was asked after a kindergarten excursion if he had liked going to ‘God’s house’. He responded with some exasperation: ‘He wasn’t there! And there was nothing to play with!’”
The story on how an Italian dairy farmer told the time, relayed by Barry Ffrench, gets the treatment it deserves from Peter Miniutti of Ashbury: “Pull the udder one, Barry.”
“Driving down the A3 recently, I saw three Australia Post trucks turn into a side street clearly signposted Rookwood Cemetery,” recounts David Curry of Katoomba. “I was amused to think I had found the elusive Dead Letter Office. Could one of your readers confirm this? I would have a look but too many friends have been down that road never to be seen again.”
Last week, Steve Hulbert of West Kempsey “visited Urunga for the first time in a while to stroll on their magnificent boardwalk, and noted that the toilet block had been replaced by a row of brand new unisex toilets. With these unisex public toilets becoming far more common, this led me to wonder - in years to come, will the urinal be consigned to history like the long-drop dunny?”
Noted bright spark, Andrew Taubman of Queens Park was quick to reply to John Perry’s request for creative names for electric vehicles (C8): “If Seat made an EV, would it be the Electric Chair?”
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