Gifts for the zeitgeist

Current dialogue about shopping for baggage of damaged biscuits (C8) reminded Margaret Hamilton of Blackheath that she “used to purchase baggage of damaged Easter eggs. I’m wondering if anybody else remembers that”. This in flip reminds Granny that, provided that Christmas was simply over three weeks in the past, we have to be due for Easter eggs to reappear on grocery store cabinets. Or will now we have Easter egg shortages this yr as nicely?

Some sage recommendation from Col Begg of Orange. “These of us born within the Forties ought to by no means use a automobile GPS to navigate to a cemetery. It’s alarming when Siri broadcasts ‘your ultimate vacation spot is in your left’.“

It could be the great distance round for acquiring an elusive speedy antigen take a look at however Meri Will of Northmead is happy to share that her “considerate son has simply returned from a brief vacation in Europe, however as an alternative of the standard souvenirs and duty-free objects, he introduced present wrapped RAT kits for his mom and sisters. How very zeitgeist!”

In a satisfying mixture of journey tales and mathematical calculations (C8), Norman Carter of Roseville Chase informs us that “at 2am on my subsequent birthday I’ll have travelled 13 billion, 463 million, 808 thousand and 300 kilometres on my journeys across the solar.”

If it has been troubling you, look no additional in your quest for the radio station that performs probably the most music (C8). ABC Basic is the plain reply, nominated by each Vivienne Mackenzie of Port Hacking and Phil Anderson of Woonona.

​The indicators have been there all alongside. Paul Energy of Queens Park observed that “the emblem we see on TV for the Australian Open seems spookily just like the Greek letters Delta and Omicron.”

Performing some type information divination, as is his wont, George Zivkovic of Northmead writes that “these punters who fancied a few omen bets on Saturday have been left none the wiser, in addition to out of pocket, when Justice Served ran nowhere on the Dubbo greyhounds, after Conceited Scotty ran equally within the race beforehand.”

Whereas watching the cricket exams, Don Leayr of Albury observed that “there are a variety of black strains marked on the grass away from every finish of the pitch. My spouse says that they’re for the bowlers to play hopscotch between overs, however I feel that they’re proof of the groundsmen doing burnouts on the rollers. Which is it?”

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