“Photos of protesters in South America,Asia,Africa,Europe and even Russia show a multitude of signs and banners,most of which are in English,no matter what the local language is,” notes Bev Bayer of Kingston (ACT). “Women in Berlin in favour of topless bathing had slogans on their backs in English. Mind you,the German equivalents would have required much larger backs,or much smaller letters,so,understandable. But why is this so? Who are they protesting to that makes English the logical language?”
Robert Nielson of Watsons Bay has seen a couple of major Morris Minor conversions (C8) to larger engines:“They generally had to be driven from the back seat because there was no front seat.”
The “I could walk faster than that” theory isn’t confined to the Morris. Ian Scandrett of Werai recalls:“Some years ago coming back from the famous Tulip Time parade at Bowral (sadly now discontinued),slowly climbing a hill near our farm,our son Jack,frustrated with our progress,simply hopped out of my 1934 Dennis Fire Engine and walked on ahead of us.”
“My mother never drove and was a nervous passenger,” says Maree Jones of Baulkham Hills. “One time she was with my uncle in his 1940s-style car,possibly an Essex,which had a removable steering wheel. After one too many squeals from Mum,my uncle unclipped the steering wheel and handed it to her in the back seat. It was a quiet drive home after that.”
No mentioning any names but Kerry Kyriacou of Strathfield thinks “If an ex-POTUS wants to avoid arrest and prosecution,all he has to do is hop on his private jet and fly to Ecuador,or the nearest Embassy of Ecuador. I hear that there is a spare room in the one in London,recently vacated by an Aussie wanted by the US for a similar crime.”
“Now that the dust has almost settled,it’s time to read some election pamphlets left in my mailbox,” says the unconventional Peter Riley of Penrith. “One Nation’s promises to toughen up on law and order and features a picture of a judge’s gavel. But magistrates and judges in Australia don’t use gavels. The only people who use gavels in Australia are auctioneers:‘How much am I bid for this comfy,north-facing cell? Back on the market,needs a little TLC,won’t last long,motivated seller’.”
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