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Tasteless perfection



With all of the speak of pumpkins (C8), Carole Baxter of Woodgate Seashore (Qld) wonders if anybody eats gramma pies anymore. “Our Nan used to make scrumptious ones (after we lived within the Hunter space). My sister was in NSW a while in the past and acquired a big gramma and gave me half as a result of we will’t purchase them in Queensland, so I’ve a one-litre container of mashed gramma in my freezer however no power to make pastry.“

Whereas dwelling in Minnesota on instructor change, it was defined to Janice Creenaune of Austinmer that genetic modification created “perfection” for Halloween pumpkins (C8) in measurement and form, nonetheless, “it diminished the pumpkin’s flavour and dietary goodness. We have been warned to scoop out, throw away after which carve and show.”

Travelling usually to India to go to household, Narayan Mukkavilli of Winston Hills “performs a bit recreation on each journey, scoring factors for each safari swimsuit (C8) I sight. I not often come away with out scoring. The pure habitat for these items appear to be airports, I’ve by no means seen a safari swimsuit exterior of an airport.”

“Can somebody please enlighten me as to why rocket science requires probably the most cerebral thought?” asks Jeffrey Huang of Roseville. “Absolutely there are different extra time-consuming educational pursuits than sticking gelignite up a metallic tube?”

Having searched the web to no avail, Nola Scott of Wagga Wagga wonders if anybody else remembers a Wyn-lite windmill that produced electrical energy. “There was one on Lenneldale, a property close to the place l lived as a toddler within the Riverina. My 102-year-old brother remembers the stack of batteries on the verandah, storing sufficient energy for lighting the home.”

Along with WOAT as a movie or tv classification (C8), William Galton of Hurstville Grove means that “subscribers to streaming providers is also suggested that this system was a WOYTAM (Waste Of Your Time And Cash).” Jack Dikian of Mosman says he by no means is aware of “if a movie with a UR-Unrated classification is but to be rated or movie critics simply don’t charge it.”

Don Bain of Port Macquarie admits he has at all times discovered “the film classifications (C8) greater than passing unusual. From requiring the steering of a useful grownup at 13, children go briskly via a 12 months of ‘Mature’ viewing, earlier than arriving on this planet of MA15+, the place few holds are barred and eyes will be nicely and really opened – at fifteen I used to be nonetheless shouting ‘Halftime!’ throughout extended kissing sequences.”

Column8@smh.com.au

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