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Llieda Wild of Eastwood thinks that, “In the wake of all this hot and bother regarding Mr Mountbatten-Windsor (C8) abdicating his accommodation and being forced to seek lodgings elsewhere, it would be rather appropriate if he were ‘gifted’ by his bro, King Charles, the country house on the estate known as ‘The Folly’. Appropriate indeed.”
It’s all sliding doors for Eric Scott of Bondi Junction who is “pretty sure I’m ahead of Ted Richards in the race to monarchy (C8). The Duke of Buccleuch is head of the Scott clan and a direct descendant of the first such Duke who was given the title by Charles II, being his illegitimate son. Had illegitimacy not been a barrier to succession, the current Duke might well have been King and I could be in line for one of the vacant royal properties!”
“Ted’s comment, that he’s now moved up to 47th million and then some, in succession to the British throne, reminds me that 78.8473659 per cent of all statistics are made up,” adds David Greatorex of Bondi.
The current thread on the kindness of strangers (C8) got the attention of an anonymous reader from North Ryde who “was having a haircut when the young lady in the chair next to me asked for all of her long flowing locks to be shaved off. She was starting chemo for breast cancer the following day and rather than face the stress of her hair falling out, had decided to shave it off. Having witnessed my wife face the same decision some years earlier, when I paid my bill I also paid hers. I was later told that it brought a smile to her face.”
We really don’t know how this is possible but Rhoda Silber of Manly claims that “my husband Peter is a younger, better looking, doppelgänger (C8) for Philip Ruddock.” While, Andrew Christian of Vaucluse suggests we send in the Marines: “How about Gomer Pyle’s lookalike, Jim Chalmers?”
Ellen Kassel of Collaroy totally gets where Geoffrey Rush dead ringer, Chris Commens is coming from: “It was 1974. Joan Baez was touring Australia, and I was in Perth with my husband at the same time she was there. I think it was my long hair and gear plus the yank accent but twice I was surrounded by multitudes of adoring fans. In order to escape, I actually signed a few squiggly autographs!”
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