“Canny renovators on the lookout for bargain stone bench tops might do well to contact our prime minister,” thinks George Manojlovic of Mangerton. “On last night’s news he informed me: ‘I take nothing for granite’.”
Clearly, Pauline McGinley (C8) of Drummoyne is playing the long game: “Noah’s Ark allegedly set sail over 2000 years before I apparently witnessed the birth of Jesus. I need a lie down!”
“It’s not only the politicians’ weasel words (C8), but the actual weasels who get get my vote with ‘he vehemently denies the allegations’,” reckons Kerrie Wehbe of Blacktown. “Give us a break!”
William Galton of Hurstville Grove’s weasel word theory differs slightly from that of Jim Dewar: “When someone says, ‘That’s a very good question,’ they are really saying, ‘I don’t know the answer but I’m trying to give myself a little time to make up something that disguises the fact that I have no idea’.”
“Every lawyer’s hero, the late Chester Porter QC, taught me long ago that when someone says ‘To be honest’, they very likely aren’t, and they are definitely hiding something you’d want to know,” conveys Andrew Cohen of Glebe.
Merilyn McClung of Forestville writes: “My teenage granddaughter who is quite interested in political subterfuge believes the DOGE being advised by noted Space Karen, Elon Musk, doesn’t stand for Department of Government Efficiency but rather Department of Getting Even.”
“My wife and I are going out for lunch to celebrate 60 years since our first date,” says Gary (Lovers’) Lane of Milperra. “And Melissa Coburn’s recent opinion piece (Clearing out the ‘school’ drawer means the end of an era) got me thinking about time passing. I like Column 8 as it makes me reflect on the minutiae of life, and I like that you publish in your opinion section such great articles of life moving on. We have a drawer of pencils for grandchildren as well but have to admit such was the outpouring of one daughter, we had to clear each week’s production so that we could house the next week’s. We will enjoy our lunch reflecting on what has changed in the 60 years, especially sitting on the floor with Herald open looking for HSC results.”
Malcolm Davison from the Central Coast had a whale of a time with this item: “Two C8 subscribers last Thursday both worked for Westpac; Ray Witherby and Allan Gibson. Beat that!”
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