Coral Button, a very elderly widow from North Epping, recently had a mildly romantic dream about Jim Chalmers, the treasurer. She jokingly attributes this dream to either his looks or his fiscal policy, praising Chalmers for having “it.” On the other hand, Tony Hughes of Varsity Lakes was less impressed with the Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock, criticizing her for making comments about being shocked by the price of filling up her car.
Craig Lilienthal of Wollstonecraft shared a humorous story about his wife, Shirley, who received fines from parking meters despite having proof of payment from their credit card. Despite objecting and providing evidence, they continued to receive fines. Jim Pollitt of Wahroonga compared the editor’s writing to P.G. Wodehouse, suggesting more modern terms like “cunning ploy” or “awesome scam” instead of “elaborate jape.”
Lance Rainey of Rushforth shared anecdotes about people convincing their elders that metric conversions of time were coming, with days being divided into “mours,” “menutes,” and “meconds.” This mock conversion sounded plausible to some. Roger Epps of Armidale mentioned the disappointment of some individuals when metric time was left out of the conversion, questioning whether weekends would remain two days or become regular long weekends.
John Kratovil of Randwick humorously suggested that Australia could have led the way in adopting a 10-hour clock if metric time had been implemented. He joked about Australia cornering the market on 10-hour clocks and watches. The readership’s emails were sent to [email protected], with a note requesting no attachments and the inclusion of name, suburb, and daytime phone number for correspondence.
