“All plaudits to Barnaby Joyce for giving up the grog after his unfortunate ‘night on the tiles’,” writes Al Clark of Belrose. “But I have to confess I have almost as much trouble understanding what he is saying now, when sober.”
“How appropriate – if somewhat sad – that the President of the United States dropped in to a waffle house on return from his unfortunate TV debate,” laments Don Bain of Port Macquarie.
Kenneth Smith of Orange has a question for our favourite cardigan fancier: “Is Isabel Ireland (C8) of Wagga Wagga the same Isabel Ireland who presented children’s TV on Channel RVN-2 Wagga Wagga when I was a kid?”
“As ex-NSW residents we are fascinated by how seriously they take their State of Origin matches up here,” says David Simmons of Mooloolaba (Qld). “On Tuesday night, both ABC News and Weather presenters were dressed in maroon. After Wednesday night’s debacle they were both in black for Thursday night’s broadcast!”
Looks like some of them may have been in denial. Bill Hardy of Caddens noticed that the Herald Readers Panel had a figure of four per cent ‘unsure’ if they watched the game. “Maybe they just couldn’t believe it.”
Sticking with the league, George Zivkovic of Northmead noted that “A first grade rugby league player withdrew from a game on Saturday night because his coach said that he woke up in the morning with some ‘hamstring awareness’. I’m not sure if that means he didn’t know he had a hamstring or just wasn’t 100 per cent sure?”
Switching codes now, with Jo Rainbow of Orange: “Has anyone else noted the tribute to Nathan Lyon beneath Mount Victoria? A new road sign warning about mountain goats has had ‘Garry’ added. Niiice, Jo.
Being a logistician, Russell Hill of Hobart would like to wish the humble 4-digit Australian postcode a Happy 57th Birthday.
“I can put Bob Roobottom’s mind at rest and inform him that the Broke service station (C8) has now morphed into the most fantastic little café and wine tasting space,” reports noted local, Tony (Rags to Riches) Bennett. “A much-needed enhancement to the village for the locals and a great hit for the tourists.”
“Mention of the village of Broke reminded me of the village just outside Canberra, Collector,” says John McCartney of Mount Coolum (Qld). “The Tax Office held a conference there some years ago.”
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