“At a recent lunch with my old friend Phillip Deamer (yes,a direct descendant of C8 royalty),he apologised for being late,” writes John Swanton of Coogee. “‘Flat tyre’,he said. I replied,‘Don’t tell me,it was one of those roofing screws’. He said,‘How did you know that?’ I replied,‘I had three in as many months,and I think there are villains in the tyre repair business who drive around turfing them out the car window to drum up business’.”
While Wayne Duncombe of Lilyfield thinks that having drunk retsina (C8) once,“I would be happy if all pine resin was used in Toilet Duck”,Paul Koff of Glenhaven says that “all this talk of the pine resin in retsina reminds me of the man who passed away after drinking furniture polish. It was a horrible end,but a beautiful finish. I’ll get my hat and coat.”
“I could use the Scottish Hide and Seek Champion (C8) on my team,” reckons Kenneth Smith of Orange. “Good players are hard to find.”
The beveragespeak continues:“For my morning brew (C8) I use 19g of beans per double shot,with an exit water temperature of 93 degrees,” informs Meri Will of Baulkham Hills. “I like my coffee hot and long. This is locally known as theNon-standard MWDK-9319. To each their own.”
“I’ve noticed that SBS is screening a TV series calledAncient Greece by Train,” reports Bob McLeod of Chatswood.“Now I’m not too good on history,but I’m sure that there were no trains running in Ancient Greece. But then I remembered that with all their philosophers,authors etc. there must have been a lot of ‘trains of thought’!”
Tony Moo of Singapore notes that “it was reported that in 2024,there were 2.4 Chinese-made EVs sold for every one Tesla (C8). Perhaps Tesla should be renamed BYDE – Bury Your Dreams,Elon.”
“I doubt the embarrassed owners of Teslas displaying anti-Elon sentiments (C8) will get a Musk tick,” adds George Manojlovic of Mangerton.
While we’re discussing the world’s most notorious African-American,can we point out that we did the “Elon-gate” gags a while back?
“I was watching Trump’s speech to Congress and couldn’t help noticing the difficulty the Speaker and vice president had remaining seated,” says Jack Dikian of Mosman. “Could it be that the DOGE team did away with all the cushy chairs?”
Column8@smh.com.au