“Daylight saving will be with us next week and remains a most controversial subject, especially in Queensland, a state that doesn’t wind the clock forward,” writes Bill Leigh of West Pennant Hills. “As Queensland protagonists were locked in public debate, premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen was becoming tired of the seemingly endless arguments, and following the noisiest crowd, he unilaterally decided the argument in the negative, reportedly announcing, ‘The good people of Queensland, having elected me to the position of premier on seven occasions, think the sun shines out of my bum, and I am not getting up one hour earlier for anyone!’” He also thought it faded curtains and confused the cows.
This amazingly brilliant missive comes from Julie Corkery of Hurlstone Park: “There appears to be an overuse of superlatives such as ‘amazing’ or ‘brilliant’ to describe everyday feelings and events which I find unnecessary and mildly annoying. I usually keep my views on this to myself but the passing of Kris Kristofferson has prompted me to say, ‘Feelin’ good is good enough for me’.” Nice one Julie, but you need to stop calling me Aunty.
“My grandson, the ultimate Batman impersonator, was showing off his superhero (C8) powers to his four-year-old cousin,” recalls Janita Rankin of North Dandalup (WA). “Suitably impressed until the novelty wore off, she said ‘Let’s play something else.’ Mortified, he turned to her and said, ‘This is not just a costume you know’.”
“Perhaps superheroes wore underpants on the outside because a phone booth was the place to pick up an STD,” suggests George Manojlovic of Mangerton.
“With Spider-Man also working in the journalism world, could we accuse Stan Lee of not being imaginative enough with his creation, or are superheroes just using their journalism gig as an excuse to be close to high action?” wonders Geoff Croxson of Jannali.
Shout out to the Bankcard (C8) from an insider, former training manager Adrian Bell of Davistown: “Founding general manager, the late David Synnott, and his team built a fantastically successful credit card service which left its competitors, some worldwide like Amex and Diners Club, far behind in the local market. Bankcard also revolutionised retailing in Australia and set the standard in security and efficiency. The only event that brought Bankcard to an end was the amalgamation of the major banks into the ‘Big Four’, who demanded their customers switch to using their own cards.”
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