Name your poison

Can of worms successfully opened,George! Those burdened with a famous namesake (C8) jumped at the opportunity to tell us all about it. First up,with a contribution that resonates strongly with Granny,Tony Bennett of Broke says,“If I get asked ‘Do you sing?’ one more time,I’ll scream!”

At a Teachers College reunion,some of the old College friends of Michael Egan of Killarney Heights “wondered how I managed to teach for 38 years as well as holding the position of NSW Treasurer.” Michael J Fox of Gerringong attests that “my name on a document or credit card,being more impressive than I am in person,sometimes gets me prompt attention.”

Jennifer Lawrence of Upper Coomera has “on many occasions,when telling someone my name (C8),received the response of,‘Oh,just like the actress’. On one occasion,very perplexingly,someone admitted to being excited to meet me because of it! I hope I didn’t disappoint.”

Rob Charlton of Newport had “lived all his life as Bobby Charlton,which became an issue only when my namesake (C8) rose to fame with Manchester United and England,with his brother Jack also making the England team not long after. Fast-forward a year or so,my TWO brothers nicknamed Jack (John and Ian) and I were all playing football for UNSW. So,UNSW had a Bobby and two Jack Charltons all at the same time.” Rob adds that travelling in the Ukraine over the past few years enabled him to make friends with some families there,with one recently helped to safety in France. “The eldest daughter of that family has a nominative connection with Australia. She is Anna Pavlova.”

Conversely,Jock Brodie of Port Macquarie has been “waiting a long time to share my name with a famous person (C8).” Well,as the saying goes,if you want something done properly you probably should do it yourself.

Granny’s off the hook! Ingo Weinberger of Campsie states that “this time we can blame La Nina (C8) and not C8 for obscuring the conjunction of the planet Jupiter and the almost full moon this Saturday over Sydney.”

Further to the demise of holes in Vita-Weats (C8),imagine the despair of Danie Player of Gladstone (Qld) as “I prepped my American granddaughter for a demonstration of a great Australian treat,over FaceTime,and then the promised Vegemite worms failed to appear!”

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