“Are there are any other C8 readers who can’t unsee weird things in common logos,” writes Jen Brown of Stanmore. “I can’t stop seeing healthy unblocked fallopian tubes and cervix in Tesla’s car logo.” Hermann Rorschach would be proud.
“George Manojlovic’s salient reference to the inflation rate in Germany around WWI and the design and manufacture of Zeppelins (C8) may be seen,by some historians,as dazed and confused,” muses Paul “Kashmir” Koff of Glenhaven. “They were,after all,good times bad times. Nonetheless,one sends him a whole lotta love.”
While Don Bain of Port Macquarie never thought he’d see Tony Bennett (C8) and Broke “in the same hemisphere”,the aforementioned George Manojlovic of Mangerton is proud of his fellow contributor’s three-peat:“Let’s not take him for grennet:when Bennett sennet,he mennet.”
“I appreciate Lance Dover (C8) being helpful and doing the washing up,” says Susan Bradley of Eltham (Vic). “Decades ago,a boyfriend of mine decided to wash up after my mum had cooked us a meal. It was a good idea until she discovered he’d washed her precious omelette pan,which had never been washed in its lengthy life,only wiped to preserve its seasoning. The pan was never the same again,and the boyfriend was referred to in no uncertain terms long after the romance had run its course. Is the moral ‘Don’t wash up’?”
Regarding the political landscape,botanical nominsim (C8) is definitely a thing,as Lynn Sitsky of Paddington can attest:“A species of emu bush calledEremophila duttonii has flowers devoid of hairs,yellow inside,pink outside,upper lip four lobes,lower lip simple. Egg-shaped fruit rather dry and smooth.” Maurice Collins of Wollongbar “searched forClivia palmeri and found two of the six known species of Clivia areClivia nobilis andClivia robusta. Clivia plants commonly grown in Australia have trumpet-shaped flowers.”
Back in November,George Zivkovic of Northmead revealed the omen bet of racehorse Trumpty Dumpty. Sadly,the gelding (No way! – Granny) was scratched. Now,Kate Fraser of Scone has indicated he’s running this Saturday. What we didn’t know was his sire went by the name American Pharoah.
It’s not the slimelight (C8) that has Deb Brown of Double Bay worried. “IfMemoir of a Snail wins an Oscar,I worry how long will it take for its eponymous hero to make it to the stage.”
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