Sending it by sea snail mail
David Prest appears to have the wrong McCarthy in placing Andrew, of Toormina, in the 1973 entry into HMAS Nirimba: 'I was a sprog when he was in 6th term, so he may have had the pleasure of rolling me out of bed. I'm a proud MOBI and not a MUPPET, like A.R. McCarthy.' For those struggling with all this naval neologism, it would appear that a MUPPET is the 'Most Useless Pathetic Person Ever Trained.' Here's hoping A.R. isn't a C8-er.
Elevenses came early for Kerry Kyriacou of Strathfield: 'Whenever I see the words 'prime minister' and 'Xi Jinping' on the news. I think of cricket. I wonder why?'
Still more roundabout advice (C8) from Col Begg of Orange: 'Surviving roundabouts here depends on hearing boom box-equipped Hyundai Excels, approaching at speed, sans signals, while the P-plate driver has the mobile phone wedged between head and shoulder, while delicately painting toenails on a foot propped up on the dash.'
With both being German establishments, the recent Audi/Aldi mix-up (C8) has Judith Allison of Bexley seeking a bargain: 'Should I now await the chance to buy an Audi in their famous centre aisle specials?'
Ann Madsen of Mount Annan reckons George Manojlovic (C8) is quite correct in choosing Wellington, New Zealand over its NSW counterpart for the Duke's favourite meal, the reason being that the New Zealand city 'has twice the annual rainfall of the Central Western town. Hence, there's a much greater need for waterproof boots there.' However, the man from Mangerton does make a concession to the initial faultfinder: 'You're right, Peter Duckmanton, remiss of me to ignore our very own Wellington. I'm such a Dubbo.'
The suggestion of an anti-Septic envoy (C8) has moved Peter Miniutti of Ashbury to ponder, 'who will be charged with being our anti-Static envoy?'
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