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“I hope the newly named Vice-Admiral Andrew Mountbatten Windsor is bumped out of the line of succession for the throne,” says Ted Richards of Batemans Bay. “That would mean that I would be moved up one place from my present position of 47,863,214th.”
Speaking of bloodlines, Jim McAlpine of Moss Vale “had a small smile on Saturday morning when I checked the race fields for Randwick and saw that ‘Claim the Crown’ had been scratched.”
Sharon McGuinness of Thirroul would like to thank George Zivkovic for alluding to “the possibility of spreading a loved one’s ashes at ATC racecourses in Column 8 several weeks ago. Last Friday, 24 years after the passing of our dad, our family was finally able to fulfil his wish, on what would have been his 96th birthday, at the winning post of his favourite racecourse, Rosehill.
“Yes Ian Fenwicke (C8), the free meal does happen,” says Gail Dengate of Dee Why. “Following after-movie drinks and a light meal in Chippendale with my daughter, when we asked for the bill we were told another patron had paid. Unfortunately, he/she was nowhere to be seen to be thanked. We assumed there’d been a win at the casino, and were also pleasantly surprised the restaurant hadn’t taken the opportunity to double-dip on payment.”
The same thing happened to Margaret Grove of Concord, a couple of years ago in Hawaii and, once again, “They had left, so I couldn’t thank them.”
Alan Popely of North Dandalup thinks that “David Howard, of Moss Vale fame, and I are obviously dogged by Morris Iemma’s cartoon canine likenesses (C8). Except, in my case, I’m constantly seeing ‘Droopy’ dog whenever he appears. In fact, I believe that Morris and Droopy have even more than a passing resemblance in common. Droopy’s first lines uttered, when on screen, were ‘Hello all you happy people … you know what? I’m the hero.’ Spoken like a new premier.”
“Here’s one you’ve probably not thought of Granny,” offers June Love of East Gresford: “Mrs Scott Morrison (Jenny) is a doppelgänger for Schapelle Corby.”
Edward Loong’s good news about the stay of execution of Milsons Point Post Office (C8) has led to Jim Dewar of Davistown once again donning his balladry hat:
To protest, be careful, be canny,
Check out every nook, every cranny;
But to save your P.O.
Don’t hesitate! Go
And email your plea straight to Granny.
No attachments, please.
Include name, suburb and daytime phone.
