Barry Sexton, of Primbee, suggests a C8 "National Farnarkling Day" in honour of the late, great John Clarke. Imagine, a flurry of flukems avoiding the wiffenwacker.
An appeal to C8PhDers from Ross Millar, of Turramurra. "I have been unable to find a word for the feeling one gets on realising that the Sudoku has been botched, especially when the botching took place too far back to enable retracing of steps. There's possibly a word in German, but this would no doubt stretch across columns 5, 6, 7 and 8 when printed." Might require a deft arkle or two.
Lance Rainey, of Lanitza, offers an "ish" (C8) explanation. "I always thought the time restriction was dictated by the suffix â so 7.30ish allowed another half hour for the tardy while 7 to 7.15ish would only allow grace until 7.30."
On a bit of a tangent, "ish" reminded Ron Wessel, of Mount St Thomas, of a saying used in the army. "Many a recruit was lambasted by an NCO snapping, 'There are 10,000 schmicks in a shmoo and 10,000 shmoos in a clue and you haven't got a schmick you horrible little man!'" Sheesh!
Ex Londoner Paul Stephen, of Yamba, reckons Sybil Fawlty (C8) is "a Cockney lady with posh pretensions". Oh I know.
A cutting edge idea from Evan Bailey, of Glebe. When he lived in a leaf-blower-free cul de sac in Riverview, no one would mow lawns on weekends until someone else started. "This ensured quiet mornings, until somebody not in on the deal started mowing, and then the whole cacophony of mass mowing shattered the peace."
On the issue of dress codes (C8), Peter Sweeney, of Lawson, recalls Bob Dyer of Pick a Box fame of the 1960s, being refused entry to The Hotel Adelaide's dining room because he was not wearing a tie. "He returned next time with a snake around his neck." Presumably tied with a Windsssssor knot.
Finally, thank you SMH, writes Tina Rogers, of North Sydney. "Our staunchly independent elderly neighbour had not collected his paper from his porch for 24 hours before we lobbed over the next one. There was no answer to his phone or doorbell so we entered his home to find him in bed in need of care. If not for the paper delivery we may not have noticed his plight."
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