Paul Hunt of Engadine has another tale from his calling as a Kevin Rudd doppelganger (C8), involving an appearance on the ABC’s program Q&A, “interrogating former PM Tony Abbott, who joined in the fun, as the sole guest, with a wonderful sense of humour. Since Mr Rudd was resurrected to celebrity status through his appointment as our ambassador to the United States, my ‘career’, which is voluntary, has, too, been rejuvenated. However, whatever lies ahead I won’t be mentioning President Trump in any context.”
“The BOM site (C8) must have a dislike for the North Coast,” says Brian Harris of Port Macquarie. “Every time I submit my address it says: ‘could not find any weather for this location’. I know there’s weather out there because I went outside to check.”
Regarding the Dismissal (C8), Margaret Atchison of Armidale says: “My mother was playing cards at Yarralumla while all was happening, absolutely oblivious to it. She was organising a fundraising card party for a Canberra charity. She did notice government cars arriving but that’s about all. She had no interest in politics.” But the question begs: was she offered a horiatiki salad?
“If Sussan Ley and her cabal happen to read this column, can I tell them, all I want for Christmas is net zero?” asks Jack Dikian of Mosman. Apparently, he’s been a good boy.
Judging by the bulk of the replies the main aim of the guinea (C8) would appear to be outright snobbery: “I believe the bill presented to you after a visit to a specialist doctor was in guineas as it was meant to distinguish him/her from the hoi polloi of the rest of the medical profession,” offers Elizabeth Savage of Hughes (ACT). “There may have been other professions which qualified.” Andrew Buchanan of Chelmer (Qld) agrees: “Guineas were useful to massage the egos of medical specialists, especially surgeons.”
Ron Schaffer of Bellevue Hill adds lawyers to the list and acknowledges it was “perhaps to seem posh but, then again, horseracing and greyhounds were done in guineas, too”.
The increasing acceptance of electric vehicles in society has Richard Hambly of Potts Point struggling to find an alternative metaphor to the piston-related “firing on all cylinders”. So far, the best he’s come up with is “all amped up”. He later lamented to Granny: “Maybe I should leave it to GM, then it could turn into ‘Ohmers Odyssey’.”
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