While generally in alignment with John Perry about the flavour of cows’ dairy airs (C8), John Greenway of Wentworth Falls was “wondering if these are related to the London derrières that Irishmen tend to warble about.”
Sure enough, into the fray steps Terry McGee of Malua Bay. “With St Paddy’s Day fast coming up, the mere mention of ‘the cow’s dairy air’ (C8) was enough to have me humming Danny Boy. Also known as The London Dairy Air, or, on the Continent, the London Derrière.” And of course also known as the Derry Air, depending on where you stand.
Chris Main of Campbelltown is another advocate for Snap Send Solve (C8). “Footpaths mended, street lights fixed, water leaks stopped … but trolleys seem to have an embedded difficulty factor. Easy to reach ones are generally OK. In a side street, harder. In a park, down an embankment … well, it can take multiple pleas over time. I pulled two trolleys that had been in place long enough to have vegetation growing through them into a more public spot before they were collected.”
And the one that started it all. Apparently the power of Column 8 gave David Pigott of North Parramatta the birthday gift he had hoped for. “After all this time it took just one mention in Column 8 and hey presto, the Kmart trolley (C8) has been collected. Well done Column 8, and thank you very much. ”
Memo to shoppers from Kate Fraser of Scone. “Count your crumpets. This week I was surprised to discover that there were seven very thin crumpets in the packet. I now wonder who ‘drew the short crumpet’!”
There is no end to the shrinkage. “Along with decreasing sizes of grocery items, soon even ‘the last straw’ (C8) will have shrunk into non-existence,” writes Joy Cooksey of Harrington.
“You asked if anyone still has a copy of A Day in the Life of Australia (C8)?” writes Pamela Davies of Springwood. “I do. I have tried to give it away several times but no one wants it!”
As a former audio engineer, Dave Horsfall of North Gosford asks if he is “the only one to notice that those ‘sound bars’ shown on ABC News bear no relationship whatsoever to the narrator?”
A sartorial update from Stephanie Edwards of Roseville. “‘Cold shoulder’ dresses should be renamed ‘vaccination’ dresses as they bare just the right area of the arm for the jab.”
