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January 28, 2026 — 9:00pm
Matt Petersen of Randwick has always been one to wax lyrical: “I hate to see a good marketing opportunity missed. Some time back, the Sydney Aquarium and the Sydney Zoo at Darling Harbour rebranded themselves as Sea Life and Wild Life respectively. But nobody thought to rebrand Madame Tussauds to Still Life. Is it too late?”
“I drove past a country gate one day which had bags sitting by the road with a sign which said ‘organic (C8) manure’,” notes Ann Clydsdale of Bathurst. “I wasn’t aware that there was any other sort.”
John Deady of Forestville has more on the beer glass vs stubby vs can debate (C8): “Wow! How many can remember that before you could drink a beer from a can, you had to carry your own can opener as they had no ring-pull to open them?”
“My sadness at the death of Queen Elizabeth II back in 2022 was less to do with personal affection and more to do with one of my favourite comments being rendered obsolete,” explains Eric Scott of Bondi Junction. “When given bottled beer in a pub, I would ask for a glass and say ‘I will drink out of a bottle when the Queen drinks out of a bottle’.”
“Now here’s a challenge,” says Ellen Kassel of Collaroy. “How do I describe the power and the glory of Column 8 in one neat sentence to overseas friends who have no idea?”
It’s good to see our readers looking out for the fate of the world. Readers like Ian Costley of Belrose: “With a view to helping keep the peace I would also be prepared to hand over to Donald Trump (C8) award ribbons my dog Cobber received at a Sunday school pet show, many, many decades ago. One was for The Dog With The Most Tricks and the other, The Dog With The Most Breeds. I’m sure the Donald would relate well to these.”
Peter Miniutti of Ashbury is “more than happy to pass on the inheritance I received from a Nigerian prince to POTUS. It should buy enough Solagard to paint the White House orange.” Wattyl they think of next?
“I was interested in reading of Paree Hartley’s (C8) old phone number: JM4688,” writes John Martin of Robina (Qld). “Ours was JM2512. I thought it would make a good password until I realised it was my initials and Christmas Day.”
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