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“The prospect of Ron Montague’s old compositor mate falling off his chair at something he read (C8) does intrigue me,” reckons Julian Neylan of Dulwich Hill. “There must be a wealth of delicious compositor errors that have floored readers for centuries. Right back to the 1631 version of the King James Bible, which included ‘thou shalt commit adultery’ in the Exodus chapter. Which may shed light on why Trump opted to be sworn in on his own copy of the Bible.”
“Mary Carde’s par regarding Gentian Violet (C8) reminds me of my first year as a doctor at Parramatta Hospital in 1965,” writes Dr John Hickey of Coolangatta. “All fresh wounds treated in the casualty department were treated with Mercurochrome. Gentian Violet was applied to infected ones. I continued this management throughout my working career and at 90, still have a small bottle of the former, which was last used two days ago.”
“I can remain silent no longer,” declares Irene Wheatley of Heritage Park (Qld). “Hydrogen peroxide was THE answer in our house, from being made to gargle (gulp) infrequently, thank heavens, to cleaning wounds, inflicting more searing pain but also speeding up wound healing. As for the inhalations, mum used mint from the garden (I still do) and woe betide anyone who dared to lift the towel a little for breathable air.”
Looks like we have ourselves another “lost friendship” query (C8), this time from David Evans of Annandale: “Is it possible that Jonty Grinter of Katoomba is an East Anglian Taxis Combined radio dispatcher (1970s), drove a white Valiant and lived in Erskineville?”
Speaking of lost friendship, Bernie Carberry of Connells Point notes that contributor Barry Lamb was his history teacher, but today, he’s here to talk ties (C8), specifically the rugby variety: “I’ve attended a rugby event in Japan for over twenty years, where there is a tie presented, which I’m grateful to receive. A widow of another rugby man recently asked me what she could do with the 350 ties she’d recently discovered. My long-suffering wife asked me the same thing. The Croatians, who invented the cravat as part of their military uniform, have a lot to answer for.”
“I’m bracing myself for a serious shortage of sauerkraut on supermarket shelves,” says George Manojlovic of Mangerton. “Over the weekend, the minister for climate change and energy has been urging us to prepare for the wurst.”
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