Former Broke (C8) resident John Hudson guaranteed that there was a Business Name Certificate regarding his ill-fated ‘Broke Finance Co’ venture, so Col Shephard of Yamba investigated, and the results are momentous: “How old is John Hudson? A search of ASIC’s register of business names confirms the fair dinkumness of his business name, Broke Finance Co, however, the registration date displayed is 01/01/1753. Come on, seriously?”
On reading the following missive from Jim Pollitt of Wahroonga, it all made sense: “I recall driving through Broke in the ’70s and seeing a farmer walking behind a single furrow plough pulled by a draught horse turning the sod of his riverside plot. I thought I must have fallen through a hole in the space-time continuum.”
“The response to Don White’s speculation as to whether they book ’em at Bookham (C8) is simple,” claims Greg Oehm of Western Creek (Tas). “Yass, they do!”
“Peter Riley’s mention of a Vocational Guidance Report recommendation (C8) reminds me that my report said I had ‘Superior verbal reasoning power’,” writes Judith Rostron of Killarney Heights. “Maybe this has helped me get published in Column 8 occasionally?”
“Many moons ago, the vocational guidance testing at my school revealed a variety of options, none of which I recall, so clearly didn’t follow,” says Marg Hamilton of North Sydney. “However, they were quite insistent that I ‘should not be a missionary’.”
Bob Doepel of Greenway (ACT), is the latest cryptocruciverbalist (C8) to make an offering: “One crossword clue I remember from years ago was: ‘Is twice carried by car. 4731.’ The answer was Isisford. A town in Queensland.”
“It would seem that my former colleague Allan Gibson (C8) has too much time on his hands since retiring from his many volunteer roles,” reckons Jim O’Brien of Worrowing Heights. “Reading envelopes from pre ’67? Allan, you need to go back to volunteering.”
“My favourite and no doubt true story explains why Donald Trump will be president again if most Americans get their way,” states Nola Tucker of Kiama. “A young couple were sitting on a hillside in one of the southern states of the United States, gazing at the moon. ‘Which is closer to us?’ asks one, ‘Italy or the moon?’ ‘The moon, of course. You can’t see Italy from here’. Makes sense.”
Al Clark of Belrose puts it down to a simple case of “Scotus Potus Hocus Pocus.”
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