Genius. Today I learnt that Gina Rinehart's private jet has been nicknamed the Please Explane
David Astle (alias DA)
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Crossword maker. Evenings host ABC Vic. Writer, and Wordplay columnist SMH & The Age. Verbaholic. My views only davidastle.com
Bumped into the beloved Elaine Canty - the 774 Arvos host of the 1990s. We both listed words and phrases any host can say to test if people are listening: fewer (not less) imply (not infer) daylight savings Princess Highway between you and I could of irregardless ceremony (rhymes with bony)
Does anyone else use other objective forms of I - or is it just me?
Felicity is turning herself upside down to fit me in.
If imitation is the greatest form of flattery, consider me flattened
I had to explain to my class what a phonebook was so now I need to retire.
31 cards? Check 31 stamps? Check Ready to send a postcard a day for ABC’s Evenings’ #AllinAugust - my chosen challenge to refresh & reset
There are too many American words in Australian English period
What does altruism mean? (Asking for a friend)
Dear online solvers, The Age and SMH neglected to add the 'NB warning' for today's crossword. Vitally, it reads: NB - Not every cross-reference is playing its usual role.
It’s eating at me that so many of you haven’t seen the movie Soylent Green
I love chicken pot pie, but not necessarily in that order.
Some of the greatest scenes go one syllable at a time. New episode with Daniel Hahn, author of If This Be Magic: The Unlikely Art of Shakespeare in Translation. Wherever you get your podcasts. becauselanguage.com/142-if-this-... @doubledaybooks.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
Procrastination songs: London Stalling Norwegian Would Pyjama Chameleon Teenage Beanbag Dithering Heights The Wait All My Loafing Wonderwallow Apathy in the UK Bohemian Perhapsody Meander Bobby McGee
I once pondered at the family dinner table, “If a dog is canine and a cat is feline, what’s a bird?” Quick as a flash my brother (age 11) replied, “Airline!”
Partner, ever riot to irreverent rap. #palindrome
Found out today that my neighbour's rather concerned about a prowler, according to his diary.
By expanding my vocabulary I easily doubled my entendres.
Quick Refresher lupine - like a wolf ursine - bearish grenadine - explosive alpine - left-leaning engine - car-related imagine - Lennon-like figurine - numerical calamine - squid-shaped refine - umpish twine - same-same Elaine - resembling an ex-girlfriend supine - of a casual greeting
Why is it an insult to call some place a “one-horse town?” They’re doing okay. They’ve got a horse