“When, as one does, fact checking Homer’s Odyssey, I find that 1196 ships sailed to Troy. Helen, the face that launched 1196 ships doesn’t have the same ring,” reckons Jane Stranger of Erskineville. “Clearly the PR gurus and brand managers of the time thought so, too.”
Barry Lamb of Eastwood’s suggested names for the Australian Underwater Hockey team (C8) are so elite that they could utilise any of them. Take your pick from, The Scubaroos, The Flipperoos, The Scudding Neptunes or The Munned Stullets.
Philip Cooney of Wentworth Falls suggests The Hockeyrays, though that could result in a complaint from the Australian women’s water polo team, The Stingers.
“Your correspondent found the film Jedda traumatising as a young child,” notes Mary Julian of Glebe. “I was also at the opening in 1959 and was probably fearful, too, but I managed another look at the movie recently. What amazed me were the perfect English accents, dubbed, for all indigenous and non-indigenous actors, except, of course Chips Rafferty. Chips used his own Aussie voice.”
Speaking of Australian cinema, Nola Tucker of Kiama thinks there’s one film that could perform another type of screening: “My Japanese grandson-in-law, Yuji, used to assess possible new friends by their attitude to The Castle [SMH, July 29]. Like the film, and they’re fine; don’t like it, not welcome. Seems a good enough standard to go by.”
Difficulty in opening various packaging (C8) is a side issue for Ted Bugarski of South Yarra (Vic), who points a soapy finger at “the shampoo and conditioner bottles from the same supplier with the identifying words ‘shampoo’ and ‘conditioner’ written in a tiny font somewhere under the brand name. Since I don’t wear glasses in the shower, I’ve been forced to texta a big S and C on the bottles. I wrote a letter of complaint to the manufacturer in six-point font, but they haven’t responded yet.”
John Wall of Illawong would like to wish Jai Arrow well, as Jai July, an initiative where footballers’ bow and arrow celebrations are rewarded with corporate donations for his fight against motor neurone disease, comes to an end. However, John has noticed some players’ archery technique to be lacking. “Instead of releasing the imaginary arrow, the players seem to want to release the bow. In their defence, they didn’t have the joy of honing their skills watching the TV series Robin Hood as kids.”
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