“Wow! Looks like I’ve stirred up some pent-up ‘Volvo Rage’,” writes Duncan McRobert (C8) of Hawks Nest. “I therefore claim the right of reply. First, all my ‘Swedish Kingswoods’ were wagons, so I didn’t have a back window shelf for the hat. Second, I never wore a cardigan, I wore a ‘car coat’ and driving gloves. Also, I’ll bet Bob Hall and Peter Farquhar drove Ford Falcons, which for some reason seemed to be the most prolific of the ‘flashers’.”
Noted master of reality Peter Miniutti of Ashbury notes that “with the sad passing of Ozzy Osbourne, I wonder if the bats of the world can at last feel safe and come out of their caves”.
“Snap, Susan Howard [C8]. That Christmas, I received two Trump toilet brushes,” says Viv Mackenzie of Port Hacking. “And the orange makes a colourful statement in my all-white bathroom.”
As an accessory, Caz Willis of Bowral received a roll of Trump toilet paper: “Much mirth developed whenever it was shown. The best result was giving one to a friend dealing with cancer. It made her smile and laugh as she gave him the treatment!”
After our attempt in verifying whether there were large, amphibious reptiles descending on Noosa (C8) turned into an attack on the humble 13-holer, Graeme Finn of Campsie has come out in defence of Crocs: “Crocs may not be fashionable footwear, but they are popular with kitchen staff as spills don’t soak into their shoes and socks.”
Fancy a game of pass the antimacassar (C8)? Gara Baldwin of Randwick does: “David Rose’s comment got me pondering how many unwanted gifts are offloaded onto Secret Santa each year. The antimacassars may well have been a gift to the donor by an elderly relative, and passed on anonymously. The following year they could be gift-wrapped by David’s stepdaughter and passed on again, ad infinitum …”
John McIntyre of Port Macquarie finds it “surprising that Mike Parton is ‘still making use of’ Macassar oil as ‘the hair oil of choice’ and didn’t follow the trend to Californian poppy hair oil. Or perhaps, sentimentally, he likes using antimacassars. But does he still use Bay Rum Aftershave? Does anyone?”
“I’m surprised the couple involved in Coldplaygate [C8] didn’t see trouble coming,” says Jack Dikian of Mosman. “I’m pretty sure they were playing one of their hits, Trouble, which contains the lyric: ‘Oh no, I see’.”
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