Column 1 – The National

Lockdown babies
We predicted early in the year of the baby boom associated with the Covid-19 lockdown. In PNG, it should be around Dec-Jan (lockdown was in March).
Boyd record
NRL star Darius Boyd will retire this week with a remarkable 112-year record as the most capped Test player in Australian rugby league history to have never tasted defeat. The 33-year-old Broncos fullback won all of his 23 Tests, a record that he is rightly “very proud” of.
Ardent fan
Colleagues are beginning to get worried because someone has been missing work regularly after the weekend. They suspect that it may have to do with him being an ardent Broncos fan.
That post
Meri tired of seeing her gynecologist following her on Instagram posted: “I really do not know what else he wants to see.”
Public Holiday
The mid-year public holidays are over. The next ones are Christmas and Boxing Day although you have to wait for another three months.
Food for thought
If an egg is broken by outside force, life ends. If it is broken by inside force, life begins. Great things always begin from the inside.
Top quote
“That supernatural fatigue you are carrying around with you right now is dead weight of the past you insist on dragging into the future.” – Emma Magenta