Time out for exhausted batteries

The Melbourne Cup anecdotes (C8) that have been coming in reminded Trevor Wootten from Petersham of a wedding conducted at North Sydney by the Reverend Roger Bush, then a regular columnist for the Sun newspaper, during the 1975-6 Ashes cricket tour. “He began his homily to the young couple by referring to the quickly and often unexpected changing nature of society and life, and then, lifting his gaze to the cricket-following congregation said, ‘Who would have believed Australia could already be four wickets down for 23 when I left the parsonage just fifteen minutes ago?’”A contribution to great moments in translation from George Zivkovic of Northmead. “I bought a wall clock today and the first care instruction read: ‘Exhausted battery must be removed from clock promptly’.”Proving that his Column 8 item from 2020 was not a one-off occurrence, Peter Mayes of Petersham…

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