“I grew up in the 1960s watching action TV shows and movies and was thinking the other day that there were dangers in these shows I thought I needed to beware of that didn’t turn out to be nearly as big a problem in life as I had been led to believe,” writes Mark Morgan of Palmwoods (Qld). “Examples of this are quicksand, giant clams and piranha. I’m sure it’s different for each generation, but does the esteemed Columnate have any other examples from my or later generations?”
Derek Chunn of Redfern and Tom Plunkett of Kempsey are sympathetic to Heather Harman (C8) and the nightmare that is the serviette placed under a slice of cake, but they both have meatier issues. To cut to the chase, both are not fans of the chips under the steak habit, which “happens often” according to Tom, with Derek describing the result as “soggy and stupid.”
It was a small world for Leonard Teale (C8) back in ’57, as Ian Nicholls of Baulkham Hills explains: “I was there that night, too. It was an unruly crowd of Year 5 students who were doing Macbeth for the Leaving Certificate that year. I was a demure Year 4 student, there to make up the numbers.”
Tony Butler of North Sydney remembers attending a performance of Richard II in 1959 at the Independent Theatre, North Sydney. “The previous night, some students came armed with vegetables, which they threw at the actors. The police were called and patrolled the aisles. During the next performance, which I attended, one could see that members of the cast were clearly and understandably very nervous.” Granny’s a bit disappointed they didn’t save their produce for a production of The Merry Wives of Windsor, what with that “Let the sky rain potatoes” line.
“I see the Roosters had Naufahu Whyte and Siua Wong on the bench last night against the Panthers,” says Bob Ambrose of Narooma. “I hope they could tell the difference.”
Switching codes, Jo Rainbow of Orange “was watching the AFL and noted several resplendent mullets. They reminded me of the Jane Flemming dilemma – how much faster could they be with a more discreet haircut?”
Anthony Franklin’s (C8) mayday regarding “upstanding” v “downsitting” gets a partial explanation from Stewart Martin of Mangerton, who “participated in a rally where sit-down strikers were standing up for their rights.”
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