“As I looked at the Herald photo of the Rolling Stones on Friday, I wondered what would I think if any of the men in my mum’s retirement village who pick her up for church looked like them?” considers Wendy Illingworth of Kiama.
Barry Ffrench of Cronulla ponders: “Given that federal politicians have Qantas Chairman’s Lounge (C8) memberships, wondering if government and opposition members sit in separate lounges in keeping with parliamentary protocol? Or is it just Orwell’s closing paragraph to Animal Farm coming to a sad, cynical finale? We are all equal to getting in the Chairman’s Lounge but some more equal than others.” With that in mind, we’re confident that Barry would appreciate this telling breakdown from Chih Moo of Lane Cove: “Quixotic Antics Not Technically Apprehensively Stopped.”
“Greetings to Anne Lawson (C8),” writes the faddish Frank Maundrell of Nundle. “I plead guilty to all charges. Before Sunday school at church, my mother ran a Sunday school from home honouring my older sister who had died at age five in 1946. After she went to the church, she used to drive all the local kids in our Renault. People never tired of counting the number getting out of that little car! I can’t be certain, but I think the record exceeded 10.”
Kath Maher of Lidcombe reckons the two Collins are taking the Mick: “Your correspondents must’ve been speaking to lapsed Catholics. I attended a Catholic school in Ashfield. Definitely no ‘haitches’ (C8) there, although I did hear at times you could catch the train from ‘Omebush’ and get off at ‘Hashfield’.” Stewart Martin of Mangerton suggests we, “Do like the Americans do and abandon ‘H’ entirely as they do with their ‘erbs’?”
“I think celebrities (C8) should be referred to as ‘so-called celebrities’ for there are very few of them that I ever thought worthwhile celebrating,” thinks Frank Johnson of Peakhurst.
The royal rorqual explained: “I am proudly an ex-aesthete North Turramurra resident, in that I used to live there,” declares Tony Dennis of Holland Park West. “As for being an aesthete, I suggest you consult the long-suffering Mrs Dennis. I believe, with reference to the Prince of Whales (C8), Harry and/or Meghan may have found jobs as copywriters, thus the dig at William’s paunch. I wish they would just shake hands and move on.”
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