Regarding switching football codes (C8), Maureen Casey of Breakfast Point thinks we should “spare a thought for the grandparents who accompanied their grandson to play his grand finals in Mudgee and Coffs Harbour a few years ago. At one event it was union, the other league. He had to give us crash courses en route so that we could understand the difference. Having succeeded in following one code, we then had new rules to learn. Helped to keep our brains supple, I guess.”
In a further code switch, Bob Ambrose of Narooma states that “there is no truth to the rumour that the Swans team bus broke down on Saturday and Katy Perry’s dancers took their place”.
John Swanton of Coogee has super issues: “Peter Miniutti suggests Superman (C8) is avoiding the paparazzi. Disguised as Clark Kent, (mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper), he is the paparazzi!”
“Even as a fledgling, I used to wonder why Superman’s discarded office garments were never reported found in a phone booth, with the owner presumably roaming the Big Apple’s streets in his underwear,” says Don Bain of Port Macquarie. “And don’t get me started on intrepid reporter, Lois Lane, who spent lengthy stints aflight in the Man of Steel’s arms, only to be totally fooled when he donned a pair of spectacles as Clark Kent!”
Speaking of underwear. “Recent mention of a lawyer’s brief (C8) prompts me to ask. If a barrister appeared in court without their briefs, could they be prosecuted for soliciting?” asks Ronald Rosen of Kingsford.
“First, Malcolm Fraser, then Alexander Downer, albeit with high heels; those only to be challenged by Tony Abbott’s brazen budgie smugglers, now former Liberal minister Gareth Ward continues the attention-catching fashion trend to decry trousers,” observes Andrew Cohen of Glebe. “Come on Mr Dutton. You have already championed the ‘nude nut’. We eagerly await you eclipsing your famous colleagues. So, let it all hang out, man!”
“I was amused by a recent image of the entire Murdoch family appearing to be wearing the same suit,” notes Drusi Megget of Port Macquarie. “Even Elisabeth and Prudence. Did Rupert send a memo ‘wear the dark indigo three-button suit’ or did they get a job lot?”
Following John McCartney’s Latin (C8) discovery, Ann Thomas of Balmain anticipates a decline: “I fear a Latin teacher who is a native speaker would always be late for work.”
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