Snapped in Bannockburn, Central Otago, by Jon Lewin.
My, what a funny tail you have
Renata Dawson was driving and as she turned into her street (with several cars behind her) she saw a small kitten in the middle of the road. "Slamming on my brakes and narrowly avoiding a huge pile-up of cars behind me, I jumped out and ran towards the kitten. It wasn't moving so I feared it was hurt or even dead. I had almost reached the kitten when I realised it was not a kitten but an old sneaker!"
Probing questions
Eric Wolters writes: "I was 14 and attending an interview for a school holiday job, at the firm where my father worked. The form they had me fill out was a little confusing. In the box that I was asked to identify my nearest relative, I put 'father'. Then it asked me what sort of relationship I had with that person. I was puzzled as to why they would need to know, but I duly filled in the box, saying 'very good'. Then it occurred to me that my father might see the form so I crossed out 'very good' and wrote 'excellent'. My father later reported the hilarity my form had caused around the office. He still believes I was simply exercising my odd sense of humour. In my middle years now, I feel that I have to set the record straight. Dad, I was confused OK?"
