“Driving around Cairns the other day, we were passed by a stylish black vehicle, proudly displaying the advert, OZ Baby Hire,” says Don Davies of Redlynch (Qld). “Wondered if there was a substantial stockpile?”
When in New Zealand, Colin Taylor-Evans of Lane Cove occasionally passes the signpost to Shag Point “and I think, ‘I know what people do there, they point!’”
“Responding to Judith Allison’s query as to where all the ants in Bexley have gone (C8), I can inform her they have migrated to Mona Vale,” says Terry Wooldridge of Mona Vale. “If she would like to advise her address I’ll happily return them to her.”
Cath McGirr of Ettalong Beach is also happy to oblige: “Rest assured, there’s a thriving population of common black ants here. Judith is welcome to take custody of the colony infesting my living room wall. The pest controllers tried to eradicate them, with no success. So, I expect the next generation will have two heads and learning difficulties.”
“We haven’t seen any ants for a while here,” reports Merona Martin of Meroo Meadow. “However we’ve seen plenty of well-fed echidnas.”
“To Sandra Doughty’s cats and ladders question (C8); rather than cancelling out the bad luck - it equals double trouble,” reckons Jenny Stephenson of Wollongong.
Also in the ’gong, Maureen Stapleton reports that she celebrated Vegemite’s 100 Birthday on Wednesday “with a toast.”
“Talk about nominative determinism – the new movie Ferrari stars Adam Driver!” says Don Bain of Port Macquarie.
George Zivkovic’s Kazakhstani graffiti tale (C8), reminded Josephine Piper of Miranda of another example of chronicled rubble: “Not sure if it is true. I heard there’s a rock in the Egyptian desert. ‘God is dead’ signed Nietzsche and underneath ‘Nietzsche is dead’ signed God.”
“Having just returned from Kazakhstan, I can confirm the warnings there make for interesting reading,” writes Wayne Darlington of Sutherland. “Another one in the same national park states, ‘For non-compliance to the person purity attracted Administrative Responsibility’. Luckily, the sign included a graphic of someone dropping litter. Very helpful.”
Spoiler alert! Earle Deitz of Chatswood “could barely believe that the solution to 10 across in Thursday’s cryptic crossword was my late dad’s favourite expression: ‘Come the raw prawn’.”
Lastly, some stellar celebrity Satnav (C8): “On my first GPS, I installed the voice of Yoda for instructions,” recalls Roderick van Gelder of Hunters Hill. “Interesting much more it was.”
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