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“Not sure where ‘Fang’ as a name hails from, though White Fang, the wolf from the book by Jack London, is a possibility,” posits Mary Poirrier of Wahroonga. “However, the phrase ‘doing a fang’ means speeding in a car and refers to the mighty Juan Fangio, who was the doyen of motor racing in the 1950s. Ah, the memories of ‘fanging’ around Rookwood Cemetery late at night. Worth bottling.”
Robert French of Kiama is no stranger to border drama (C8): “The stories of East German border guards reminds me of a time in 1971 when, after driving from Warsaw to Berlin, I realised I had left my briefcase at the East German/Polish border. The next day, after crossing back into East Germany, I was presented with my attache case, wrapped and ready for posting to the Australian embassy. I was truly appreciative of the consideration by these supposedly stern officials. Mind you, after getting back to the West Berlin border I did undergo a thorough shakedown of my Volkswagen after eight unexplained hours in East Germany.”
“Inspired by Anthony Clark’s theological reflections (C8), I, too, turned to the Old Testament seeking understanding of England’s selection of four express bowlers,” says Gary Roughley of Daruka. “The Book of Revelation speaks of the Four Pacemen of the Apocalypse. These figures are seen as harbingers of the apocalypse, symbolising Conquest, War, Famine and Death. We all know that England has been conquered; that Ashes cricket is war (played by gentlemen), that England’s famine in Australia continues, and that Bazball is likely to be deceased by summer’s end.”
“Am I the only Australian supporter furious with Travis Head for denying me a comfortable Sunday afternoon on the sofa with a beer watching Test cricket?” asks Robert Hosking of Paddington. “Luckily, I couldn’t get my traditional ticket for the third (Jane McGrath) day of the Sydney test and have had to settle for the second!”
“At a granddaughter’s baby shower the attendees there were ecstatic over the Ashes performance,” reports Unkle Cyril of East Corrimal. “There was a suggestion that, no matter what the sex of the baby, it should be called Travis Head.”
Adrian Bell of Davistown has it on good authority “that since Donald Trump has virtually ceded most of Ukraine to Russia and abandoned NATO, Vladimir Putin will now return the ‘US’ to USSR to thank The Donald for his loyal support”.
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