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Garden of Eden
A man is insisting that his buddies take him to the Nature Park in Port Moresby to meet its new arrivals – snakes. He wants to ask one of the snakes where to find the juicy apple it tempted Adam and Eve with in the Garden of Eden.
So many fees
A traveller who recently booked a flight overseas found out, after a much closer scrutiny at the receipt, charges he had never seen before. For example, there is an airport departure tax of K114, a safety and security charge of K11.40, a Naqia passenger clearance fee of K15 and a passenger movement fee of K140.50. He wonders what the next fee will be on – to use the airport toilet?
Good showing
Good showing by the Hunters at the World Rugby League Nines. But in the end, Australia and New Zealand remain the top two teams in the world. The Kiwis beat Australia in the women’s final while the table was turned around in the men’s.
Irish joke
Thousands of Irish rugby fans singing their famous ballad Fields of Athenry drowned out the haka performed by the 23 All Blacks on the field at the start of their World Cup quarterfinal match in Japan on Saturday. But the Kiwis had the last laugh – a 46-14 thrashing. And it was not an Irish joke.
Juffa is right
Reader thanks Governor Gary Juffa for pointing out to Prime Minister James Marape last week about ministers in his Cabinet who ignore calls and refuse to respond to requests for service by the people. He hopes Juffa can reveal the list to the public too to shame these ministers.
Only dogs
Dogs are welcome in this hotel because we never had one who smoked in bed or set fire to the blankets. We never had a dog who stole towels, or got drunk and broke the furniture too.