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'The story of the music-loving brush turkey (C8) reminds me of a friend whose skink would come in to sit and watch the news with her,' recalls Nola Tucker of Kiama. 'When it was over, they'd exchange meaningful 'good grief' glances, then the skink would take itself outside to no doubt brood on the weirdness of humans.'
'Watching the splendid Lucy Worsley and her doco about Jack the Ripper, I see in the neighbourhood where it all happened, a barber shop called Jack the Clipper and a fish and chip shop called Jack the Chipper,' observes Peter Riley of Penrith. 'Even Benny Hill wouldn't have been that crass.'
Never saw Column 8 as the bailiwick of certain substances, but after the efforts of Davids Pyke and Corry, (C8) we're not so sure. And now we have Caz Willis of Bowral, who is 'wondering if David (Corry) ever stopped at the singing mushroom on old Pacific Highway, around Gosford? On a midnight journey, we stopped for loo break for the dogs, only to find a large colourful mushroom in the middle of the park. When you pushed a button, it sang a ditty about the local area and its highlights. We had to stop on the way back to make sure it was really there. The dogs would neither confirm nor deny!'
Mention of Little Roger and the Goosebumps (C8) reminded Barrie Restall of Teven of a visit to the 14th Australian Jazz Convention in Cootamundra in 1959. 'There was a band called Jock Strap and His Elastic Band. They were a bit smelly.'
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