“More Puzzled than the Egyptians in Their Fog” — Tony Rogers
Let’s hear it for perseverance and lateral thinking |
Newsworthy — Tony Rogers
| "Emphasising
content instead of image, these debates are notable for their
non-sensational and even-handed style, a tone not often achieved in
Australian current affairs programmes, which never seem to allow an
individual participant to have a full say without interruption" |
American beauty |
In March Time — Bet Briggs
A peak-hour dance |
Interesting Origins — R.K. Sadler
Strange perhaps, but true — another in this stimulating series of
derivations |
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Web Line — Tony Rogers
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A Word in Your Pink Shell-like — Harlish Goop
Anagrams unite! (otherwise spelled “marinate Angus”, “Austrian mange”,
“anaemia grunts”, “auntie’s ragman” or “migrant nausea”) |
The Station — Lachlan Drysdale
| "Sweat beads in silver
speckles on his balding forehead and his heavy eyes squint to avoid the
glare. On his lap he nurses a black briefcase on which his fingers drum a
nervous tune of anticipation." |
A railway platform briefly comes alive |
To Phrase a Coin or Two — Tony Rogers
A puzzle solved |
Quintessential Quirky Quotes
Comic and Classic, from
Everywhere and Everywhen
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From the Back Verandah
— Fizzgig
| "Things start changing
for the better, however, when he is given flying lessons by a gang of
twenty-seven renegade talking porkers, who remind him that 'if pigs can
fly, so might fowls'" |
Start your own rumour |
