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Concrete pitch
The buses are again using Unagi Oval as a terminal – temporary it seems. The once popular meeting venue of sportspeople every Saturday is now like the surface of a concrete pitch. Such a waste.
Deadly virus
From a reader: “The deadly coronavirus could already be here as there is hardly any check conducted at Jackson airport on those arriving from China.” The death toll has soared to 17 as China prepares to quarantine the entire Wuhan city of 11million people.
Short name
Everyone calls a security guard these days as a siki. Or is it spelt sickie, or sikhi, or seek-ye, or sickee? How should one spell it?
Times of trouble
From a friend: “It is at times like this when you do not realise you are forever muttering profanity. There is nothing else to do.”
Married rich
Newly married man asked his wife: Would you still have married me if my father did not leave me a fortune?
Wife: I would have married you no matter who left you a fortune.
Thought for today
Rumours are carried by haters, spread by fools, and accepted by idiots.