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We’re enjoying the doppelganger thread (C8), despite Granny being compared to both Esme Watson (Sue Casiglia) and British comic-book character Mrs Brady Old Lady (Terry Collister), and from now on it’s going to be hard watching McHale’s Navy without thinking of the PM. Next offering comes from David Howard of Moss Vale, who says that “for reasons I can’t quite explain, Morris Iemma always makes me think of Huckleberry Hound”.
“I once locked my keys in the boot of the car while changing at the beach at North Haven,” writes Adam Green of Tamworth. “Because of the location the NRMA (C8) took a little while to get there, which was fine – I was at the beach. However, by the time I was up and running, a planned petrol stop was vetoed as the local petrol station had closed. Hoping to limp the eight kilometres back to Dad’s house, I ran out of fuel and didn’t make it. Thankfully, Dad brought me his mower tin of fuel as I wanted to avoid the embarrassment of calling the NRMA again, suspecting it’d be the same patrolman.”
“When I went to pay for my meal at a Crows Nest restaurant last week I was told another patron had paid for me,” says Ian Fenwicke of Greenwich. “I almost burst into tears. Have others experienced this?”
“The filming of Return to Paradise at Wombarra Bowlo (C8) got me thinking,” offers George Manojlovic of Mangerton. “Given the average age of lawn bowlers, and knowing the Wombarra Bowlo well, I think it would be a good idea for the more forgetful patrons of the club to write ‘Return to Paradise’ on their bowls carry bag. There’s a choice of the Bowlo or the cemetery across the road.”
This extract comes from Anne McCarthy of Marrickville: “I was intrigued by Miles Harvey’s account of his difficulties with airport security when bringing in chilli-flavoured Marmite to Australia (C8). Did it originate in the UK or New Zealand, each of which produces a version of Marmite, and what does the chilli-flavoured version taste like? Also, how could he prefer sickly sweet Marmite to our ‘true blue’ Vegemite?”
“One cliche (C8) was omitted from your list. As well as pouncing and swooping, it is almost invariably police who are baffled. No one else seems to be baffled – just them. Regards, your loving grandson, Bill Irvine of Goulburn.”
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