Elvis has left the clubhouse
Aussie Gen-Z golf phenom Elvis Smylie has been making a few headlines lately, and according to Mangerton’s George Manojlovic, it’s now or never; but “I watched Elvis play in the Australian Open golf tournament over the weekend and he got caught in a trap”.
“Speaking of border crossings (C8), a ragged group of four young travelers in a crappy old Ford Transit were detained at the Bulgarian border by wild-looking guards in the late 70s. Midnight Express With the ringing in our ears, we feared we would be detained or worse,” recalls Tony “Mule” Gordon Hunt. “In the midst of our multilingual pleas to continue, a guard mentioned ‘girlie magazine?’ – luckily we had some on board and we set off.”
Col Burns (C8) reminded Mike Fogarty of Weston (ACT) of a story in which a passenger “behaved beastly with a Qantas check-in officer”. The passenger behind him asked him to show more respect. “Who are you? Pull your head in!” he replied. Reply? ‘I am Sir Lenox Hewitt, chairman of this airline. You won’t fly with me today.’”
“While consulting with those in the medical industry (C8), I remembered the name of the band Duran Duran was inspired by a character in the movie. Barbarella“Dr. Durand Durand,” says Allan Gibson of Cherrybrook. Not only that, but actor Milo O’Shea also reprized the role in the band’s concept concert video (whatever that is). Arena (An Absurd Concept).
“Besides the title stories (C8), I’ve never quite understood how they developed and why doesn’t everyone have one?” He questions Ann Babington of Thornton. “Doctor, Nun, Butcher, Trucker. Better than the ordinary Mr., Master, Mrs., Miss.”
“Given the eye-popping property prices in Sydney’s east, perhaps it’s time to rename Bronte to Bronte Carlo,” thinks Coogee’s John Swanton. “Glamarama and Alan are just down the street from Bondi Beach.”
“ reporter newsletter Book List Julian Neylan of Dulwich Hill notes: “Sixty years ago, a columnist for this imprint, Charmian Clift, wrote a wonderful piece in which she complained about writer’s block, listed all the reasons why she couldn’t think of what to write, and listed the more pressing and interesting tasks she had to do. By then, voila! She wrote the article.”
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