“Jo Rainbow working pro bono on Christmas Day (C8), reminded me of the Jewish group of doctors and emergency workers in South Africa (B’nai Brith? The Manly Silbers would know), who stepped in pro bono over the Christmas break,” writes John McCartney of Mount Coolum (Qld). “My late ophthalmologist father was in partnership with three Jewish doctors and was always grateful for their support at Christmas. He reciprocated over the Jewish high holidays of course.”
Sorry, Megan Brock (C8), but medical insiders are inflamed. Dr Peter Lewis of Allambie, (erstwhile) Dr Peter Craig of Dulwich Hill, David Morrison of Springwood and Lance Dover of Pretty Beach have advised that it’s appendicectomy, not appendectomy, with the appropriately named Lance asking: “We’re not the 51st state yet are we?”
“I’ve been compelled to defect from Letters to write my first missive to C8 in response to Donald Hawes’ (C8) comments,” says Lisa Clarke of Watsons Bay. “In the op shop where I volunteer, we group clothing by type and colour and leave the so-called mentally taxing part of finding the correct size to the punters. It takes creativity and flair to group colours together and is much more enjoyable than the boring task of putting the 14s after the 12s. However, I do agree with Donald about the books.”
“Paul Keir describes Trump’s chin-elevated strut (C8) as walking ‘manfully’,” notes Sonnie Hopkins of Tascott. “I think ‘Benitofully’ more applicable.” Are you calling him a Ducebag?
The dangers of living in a kakistocracy (C8) are already apparent, as Don Bain of Port Macquarie explains: “Should he harbour thoughts of a South African holiday, Richard Murnane might need to think about leaving his proffered neologism behind – in that part of the world ‘kak’ is a slang word for a bodily function and would not sit well in polite company.”
Stewart Copper (C8), continues his search for a rhyming word (C8) to describe Putin’s procreant pastimes but “the options are scant,” says Mary Carde of Parrearra (Qld). “But I’d be rootin’ for highfalutin.” And Greg Leisner of Black Head says he has “thought for some time that Vlad the Impaler has been Putin’ the boot in.”
All of this has reminded Tom Meakin of Port Macquarie of “a sticker in a London park dog poo bin which read ‘PooTin’ with a photo of the man.” Reminds Granny of those old Osama bin liners.
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