“The player in distinctive costume at the front of the (street) car controls a crank, by means of which he is able to bring the car to a sudden stop or cause it to plunge violently forward. His aim in so doing is to cause all...
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“Shorten” said my GP Dr Vigor, “there’s no way around it. You’ll just have to do more exercise”. “But I loathe exercise, I detest it” I said, trying to drive the point home so forcefully that he...
Alfredo, the Formula 1 racecar driver, realised he needed help. He had lost his will to win, his need for speed and his F1 car keys had gone missing. Each morning when he woke up, he didn’t know if he would feel as fiery as...
“The average man takes life as a trouble. He is in a chronic state of irritation at the whole performance.…. He fusses about pin-pricks until a mule kicks him. Then he learns the difference”. Herbert N. Casson...
We live in the mild temperate southern part of Australia, so you may think that we would not be troubled by avalanches, but you would be wrong. I’m not talking about snow. We don’t have much snow in my home state...
A Short&Humorous interview with Professor Evan Level, Ph.D, Professor of Flatitudinal Studies, Pancake University, Flatchester. S&H: Professor Level, I understand that you have revolutionized tertiary education by...
She looks normal, sort of, but every now and then I notice something peculiar. She is a news presenter on a national TV network in Australia. She speaks very fluently with a slight mid-Atlantic or possibly mid-Galaxy accent, is...
I go to a dental practice which is quick to adopt the most up to date treatments. On a previous visit I was advised that “best practice” for dental hygiene was to brush with toothpaste and not rinse! That’s right, no rinse...
I was sitting in the doctors’ waiting room early one morning because I had torn a muscle in my arm. An older-than-me man was sitting nearby. I guess he was pushing ninety. He said his name was Leo. “Leo the lion” he...
I was visiting John and Beth, missionary friends working in Cantana in Thailand. I went there to build a small wooden boat for them to use at a youth campsite set on a lake. I hadn’t done any woodworking since making a...