Patricia Reed of Mosman observes that “Graeme Finn heard ‘sunbeams’ (C8) referred to as unused plates. In our house they’re called ‘shiners’ but have no relationship to a black eye.” Suzanne Saunders of Wadeville adds: “The term for ‘sunbeams’ that has stuck with me is ‘washtheseupaswell’.”
“There have been many articles about John Travolta wearing a beret at the Cannes Film Festival,” notes Agostino Chiarella of Summer Hill. “I’ve been wearing a beret for the past year (not the French style, but the flat British cap style). I own three. One, a lightweight one for summer, the others are for cooler seasons, as I have little hair left. Whenever I pop in to see my 95-year-old mother, she smiles as it reminds her of my father, who, like all older Italian men, always wore one. I now expect sales to boom. At least now my children have some gift ideas.”
Robyn Yavor of North Ryde doesn’t mind some senior moments: “About Nedra Orme’s old age realisation (C8), a couple of years ago, I hopped onto my bus into the city. The bus was crowded, and several people stood up. I stood aside to allow the elderly person behind me to take a proffered seat. No one behind … they were standing up for me. Hilarious. Good manners alive and well.”
“Can some clever Column 8-er please tell me why robot vacuum cleaners need headlights?” enquires Dee Wyatt of Old Junee.
Brian Burgess of Floraville is in his element: “I’m wondering if anyone else is confused by the seven-day weather forecast on the ABC nightly news. Last week, two days had a rainfall prediction of a 10 per cent chance of 0 mm, and another day was a 5 per cent chance of 0 mm. Am I wrong or does that mean there was a 90 per cent chance of some rainfall and the forecast should just be ‘chance of showers’?”
This item from Barry Riley of Woy Woy appealed due to the subject line that read “Not a roundabout (C8) story.” Get around it: “While trying to find a way out of Lille, France, we reached a T-intersection. The sign pointing left said ‘All Directions’, the one pointing right said ‘Other Directions’. We tossed a coin.”
Pauline McGinley of Drummoyne claims that “due to their track record, Fiat Bambinos (C8) in some quarters became known as Fix It Again, Tony.”
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