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When commuters rock the boat
Dec 03, 2023Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.
"On the topic of jaunty tunes to cross the harbour to (C8), one could do worse than to search out Bernard Bolan's Rose Bay Ferry for a bit of a giggle," suggests Bill Irvine of Goulburn. "If you want to extend your whimsy to Melbourne, the B-side, Toorak Tram is also diverting." Granny had a listen and found both to be pounding tunes but not a patch on Mr Bolan's tragicomic opus Corgi and Bess.
"Owing to the ubiquitous wobbly wheels on shopping trolleys (C8), an appropriate collective noun could be a wobble," thinks Terry Fielding of Geelong (Vic). On the subject of the lone, abandoned trundler (that's for our Kiwi readers - Granny), Dorothy Price of Belrose asks: "How about The Lost Loader? (Apologies to Robert Browning)."
Ilana Inder of Bondi Junction thinks contributors have come up with some great suggestions for collective nouns, "but seem to have missed the shopping trolleys’ purpose in stampeding across carparks and consequently blocking pathways and waterways - the trolleys are trying to return to the waterways to spawn!"
"Referring to stories of confusion in cutlery drawers (C8) and disappearing teaspoons, I think I have the solution," claims Shirley Rider of Point Clare. "My teaspoons have had their very own home for many years - a pottery ‘sack’ marked ‘Utensils’ which sits on the window sill near my dishwasher and woe betide anyone who puts anything but a teaspoon in it! Works well."
Chris Main of Campbelltown simply doesn't have time for Scott Illingworth's (C8) chronological capers: "12 midnight and 12 midday? Do they need to be added to RAT test and ATM machine?"
Alynn Pratt of Grenfell, Anne Cook of Ermington and John Moyse of Dora Creek also had a suggestion for Scott; a 24-hour clock, with John, nevertheless, admitting: "In the RAF we did not use 24.00 for date stamping teleprinter messages. They had to be 23.59 or 00.01."
"You are correct in your prediction of irate knitters (C8)," says a brassed-off Susan Bradley of Eltham (Vic). "I am both a knitter and a hooker - I love crochet - and even spin my own wool. I have sadly had to remove Alison Brooks from the list of people eligible to receive one of my famous hand-spun and hand-knitted or hand-crocheted blankets!"
"Yes to knitting needles" declares Alison Stewart of Waitara. "But only environmentally friendly ones these days: bamboo."
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"Owing to the ubiquitous wobbly wheels on shopping trolleys (C8), an appropriate collective noun could be a wobble," thinks Terry Fielding of Geelong (Vic). On the subject of the lone, abandoned trundler (that's for our Kiwi readers - Granny), Dorothy Price of Belrose asks: "How about The Lost Loader? (Apologies to Robert Browning)." "Referring to stories of confusion in cutlery drawers (C8) and disappearing teaspoons, I think I have the solution," claims Shirley Rider of Point Clare. "My teaspoons have had their very own home for many years - a pottery ‘sack’ marked ‘Utensils’ which sits on the window sill near my dishwasher and woe betide anyone who puts anything but a teaspoon in it! Works well." Alynn Pratt of Grenfell, Anne Cook of Ermington and John Moyse of Dora Creek also had a suggestion for Scott; a 24-hour clock, with John, nevertheless, admitting: "In the RAF we did not use 24.00 for date stamping teleprinter messages. They had to be 23.59 or 00.01." "Yes to knitting needles" declares Alison Stewart of Waitara. "But only environmentally friendly ones these days: bamboo." [email protected]