When it comes to wildly unqualified nominations, Wayne Duncombe of Lilyfield has posed the question most in Washington, DC, are too scared to ask: “Has anyone else noticed an uncanny resemblance between Matt Gaetz and Eddie Munster?”
“I wonder if a singer hitting middle C (C8) could knock out a boxer with a glass jaw?” says Peter Miniutti of Ashbury. “I’ve never been knocked out by a singer, but many have managed to put me to sleep.”
And when the glass breaks, Janice Creenaune of Austinmer gets functional: “When travelling south of Alice Springs in 2016 with our friends preceding us in an old Land Rover Discovery, they were passed by an oncoming road train which completely shattered their sunroof with square pieces everywhere. All a little shocked and dazed, we cleaned the car of glass and switched to Leyland Brothers mode and used a clear plastic storage lid with duct tape to fix and fill the overhead space. We wedged two filled water bottles between the lid and the roof racks to force the lid in place and continued the journey. The ‘fix’ lasted a further couple of years I believe.”
“Thank you, Stephen Knox (C8), for your wonderfully informative answer about thoroughbred cars (C8),” writes Brianna Wilson of Condell Park. “Don’t worry about losing me – my 50kW (67hp) modern bubble car performs remarkably well on steep learning curves. I look forward to the day it becomes a classic!”
Andrew Cohen of Glebe has more: “Thoroughbred cars are ‘coach built’, meaning the bodywork is hand-assembled. It has a chassis designed for superior handling and braking and a high-performance engine, often alloy based, with a supercharger. And finally, to qualify it must be eyewateringly expensive to service and repair. They typically spark marital issues, too.”
“Everyone has already made all the Pearl Jam/traffic jam jokes about Sydney’s rail shutdown, so I won’t Labor the point,” offers George Zivkovic of Northmead. “Just as well San Francisco’s experimental electronic band Gridlock isn’t touring.” Granny can’t help but notice that Gridlock appears on the Travel Sickness compilation.
“On my local morning walk the other day, I met Harry, Sacha, Kimber, and Kaylah – 10, 11, 14 and 16 years old respectively,” reports Edward Loong of Milsons Point. “Kimber and Kaylah were being wheeled in prams. All are dogs – with whom I totally related, being no spring chicken myself.”
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