Riding off into the sunset
· WAtodayNovember 18, 2024 — 6.00pm
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Can’t help thinking that Mike Tyson could still go by his old “Kid Dynamite” handle in the Gulf Country region, as George Zivkovic of Northmead explains: “A win for ageism that upstages the Tyson fight/farce. Australia’s oldest jockey, 71-year-old Keith Ballard, landed a fairytale winner with his last ride at Mount Isa on Saturday after 55 years in the saddle. His career as a jockey netted 1789 winners from 9578 rides.”
“George Manojlovic’s riparian reference to ‘the Volga ones’ (C8) reminded me of when I flippantly described an actress as ‘a bit of a vulgarian’ because of her use of somewhat vulgar language,” says Evan Bailey of Glebe. “A younger member of the family innocently asked, ‘Where is Vulgaria?’.”
“Thank you, Kerry Kyriacou [C8], you have solved a 50-year mystery,” reveals Christine Stewart of Glebe. “We were having dinner with my cousin who was a music lover and had music playing in the next room. We were mystified when a glass vase suddenly split in two. Obviously, the soprano must have hit a high C.”
John Dawson of North Parramatta lost his temper too: “Anyone else remember short-lived city shops that served deliciously cold orange juice in tempered glass glasses that, if lightly tapped together on clearing, left customers with tiny glass cubes in their hair?”
The glass farce did, however, give Warwick Sherman of Huntleys Point a chance to flex his considerable comedic savvy: “We were on an Amazon cruise and on the final day, a friend, and well-known sports commentator, was showering when the glass door shattered, causing minor cuts to his face and body. When he appeared post triage, I said: ‘So, Gordon, you really did come down in the last shower’.”
“It was interesting to read the article in the Herald about Donald Trump thinking Elon Musk was being ‘a bit clingy’,” writes Paul Koff of Glenhaven. “Surely, he’d know that Musk sticks!”
Stephanie Edwards of Leichhardt reckons The Donald will have domestic issues to deal with too: “If President-elect Trump makes good on his threat to deport undocumented immigrants, Melania is going to have difficulty finding a cleaner for Mar-a-Lago!”
While Joy Cooksey of Harrington thinks “The thoroughbred sports car [C8] is for studs with blue blood”, Col Burns of Lugarno just needs to quit nagging: “I also don’t know what a thoroughbred sports car is, Brianna Wilson, but I’ve definitely owned a few mongrels.”
Column8@smh.com.au
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