“I am reliably informed that all dietary requirements for the Australian Olympic Squad (C8) are being shipped to Paris in huge cargo containers emblazoned with a large ‘S’ for ‘sustenance’,” says George Manojlovic of Mangerton. “That way, when hungry members of the team start arriving they can get stuck straight into the S cargo.”
“With shrinkflation, does Cadbury chocolate still contain a glass and a half of milk, or has the glass also shrunk?” asks David Prest of Port Macquarie.
Margaret Broadbent of Dunbogan feels quite protective of some destinations: “Condom (C8) is a charming French town my husband and I have visited a number of times to catch up with Australian friends who bought an old farmhouse there. We visited the museum, set up to take advantage of the English fixation on the name, when it was opened in the late 1990s until it closed in 2005, to the relief of many of the locals who failed to see any joke.”
“Many years ago Jean Condom played rugby for France,” says John Lees of Castlecrag. “He was a forward and the team’s best defensive player.” Nothing got through him.
In joining the electric car discussion (C8), John Dawson of North Parramatta reckons “anyone who has had a bite from a live wire will understand the appellation the Holden Letgo.” And Andrew Brown of Bowling Alley Point thought he’d let his hair down and suggest: “If an Australian manufacturer created an EV, the Wright name would be Parts 1, 2 and 3.”
Meanwhile, Les Shearman of Darlington has concerns that the Seat Electric Chair “won’t be carbon-neutral.”
“Can I enquire as to whether or not there is a pub in Queensland that dispenses free beer during State of Origin match nights until a try is scored?” asks Pasquale Vartuli of Wahroonga. “If so, is it still solvent after Origin III’s 64th-minute first try last week?”
“About recent building industry mayhem, I was caught up in the conflict between NSW and Federal building unions in 1974 and miraculously escaped being hurled off the 13th floor of a building under construction – ironically, the Supreme Court in Philip Street,” recalls Andrew Cohen of Glebe. “Jumping to 1998, I was a lawyer providing advice to convicted killer and standover man Jack Cooper, also known as Mr Fix It, when suddenly, he recalled the incident, and (this is true), said ‘Wow Andrew, we’ve worked together before’.”
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