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Highlights of Issue 65, January 2008
 

Logjam Cleared

Tony Rogers

“When comes such another?”
Appetizer 8 Tony Rogers This writer is not for hire.
Pet Aversion The Innocent Bystander Reptiles and rumours of reptiles.
Back to the Modern Nursery Henri Dandin Tasteful rhymes, eminently suitable for today’s pre-schooler. Not
Who Said That? Tony Rogers Are you sure?
For the Child Bet Briggs “A voice is calling.”
A Word in Your Pink Shell-like Harlish Goop Tea dance at Easter, but with penalties for spitting.
Web Line Tony Rogers Curmudgeons of the World, Unite!
Quintessential Quirky Quotes Various Quotes from Robert Benchley, Evan Esar, Robert Heinlein, Tom Stoppard and that omnipresent swine Anonymous.
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Fizzgig We have ways of keeping you cheerful.
 


Pet Aversion
— The Innocent Bystander

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"Last month I made the mistake of going to the Monster Sale in the district department store. Not the sort of thing I usually did, you know. Nor will I in the future.

An ancient neighbour, notorious far beyond our electoral boundaries for her inveterate tittle-tattling ways, happened to be standing close by, though I didn’t notice her at first."


A Word in Your Pink Shell-like
— Harlish Goop

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"Many European languages use a word for Easter that derives from a Greek adoption of the Hebrew for Passover, with which celebration Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection coincided in time. Examples include Latin pascha, French Pâques and Dutch pask.

The English word Easter, however, is of pagan origin."


Web Line
— Tony Rogers

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"Consider this. Google has over three million references to curmudgeon. Why so many entries for such a bizarre word? And one whose origins are as obscure as those of insect wings or the Sars virus?"


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