Regarding switching football codes (C8), Maureen Casey of Breakfast Point thinks we should “spare a thought for the grandparents who accompanied their grandson to play his grand finals in Mudgee and Coffs Harbour a few years ago. At one event it was union, the other league. He had to give us crash courses en route so that we could understand the difference.
Having succeeded in following one code, we then had new rules to learn. Helped to keep our brains supple, I guess.” In a further code switch, Bob Ambrose of Narooma states that “there is no truth to the rumour that the Swans team bus broke down on Saturday and Katy Perry’s dancers took their place”.
John Swanton of Coogee has super issues: “Peter Miniutti suggests Superman (C8) is avoiding the paparazzi. Disguised as Clark Kent, (mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper), he is the paparazzi!” “Even as a fledgling, I used to wonder why Superman’s discarded office garments were never reported found in a phone booth, with the owner presumably roaming the Big Apple’s streets in his underwear,” says Don Bain of Port Macquarie. “And don’t get me started on intrepid reporter, Lois Lane, who spent lengthy stints aflight in the Man of Steel’s arms, only to be totally fooled when he donned a pair of spectacles as Clark Kent!” Speaking of underwear.
“Recent mention of a lawyer’s brief (C8) prompts me to ask. If a barrister appeared in court without their briefs, could they be prosec.
