David Stone writes: "No frog was injured during this game of golf, though the standard of play did cause some amusement on the Tapora Golf Course, Kaipara".
More painful childhood memories
Virginia Paquay writes: "In 1943 at primary school I had a famous rugby player and school teacher, Eric Boggs, who give me 'six of the best' for some spelling errors! I guess I got the strap on my bare palms because I was a girl. Boys got them through their trousers which, perhaps didn't hurt as much! And at home for the sin of boiling the kettle dry when I was 5 years old (several times) my father would tell me to 'bring the stick, take your pants down, turn around and back up here', whereupon I received several whacks on my poor skinny little bare bum. But I did get away with one hiding once ... my mother had taught me the rudiments of driving while sitting on an apple box on the passenger's side, because the car had only one seat! I drove into the closed garage door, oops, and mother gave my lovely Uncle Eggie the job of giving me a 'going over' with his razor strop. As he was a gentle soul, we came to an arrangement. He sat on the glory box in the hall nursing the strop while I ran around noisily yelling 'oww, oww' and stamping my feet on the floor, both of us grinning madly. Everyone should have an Uncle Eggie!"
True grit
Question: "There is a life-sized portrait of Dan Carter in Lynn Mall wearing only his underwear," writes Greg Cave. "It has the caption 'underwear with grit'. Am I the only one who would find it extremely uncomfortable if there was grit of any sort in my underwear?" Answer: As 'spokespelvis' for Jockey, Dan Carter has teamed up with Les Mills and is marketing the gym's so-called Grit class. So it's grit as in resolve, rather than small loose particles of stone or sand in your undies.
