Just so you know

A “curbside” pick-up is “kerbside” in the Yew Kay, Mr. Gooble. And despite the persistent TV advertising campaign, I still don’t feel keen to visit Covid PC World.

No crystal ball?

I have to agree with that comment about Mr. Forte of the hotel industry, who is upset by the impact the foreign travel ban is having on his business. It would have been a good idea to pick a trade which doesn’t fall over the moment a pandemic kicks its ankle!

Off the mark

Crossword clue: portable laptop computers (9). But aren’t they all portable as one of their properties? [notebooks]

Include me out

“Diana: The Interview That Shocked The World” on 5Star. Didn’t shock me ’coz I didn’t watch it. Like lots of other sensible people. Who didn’t watch it again.

Good idea, bad idea

Typo in Friday’s paper: overhwelmed. Attention-grabbing and I think I prefer it to the authorized version. But not the peculiar line-end hyphenation which created warf-
ighting. Proof reader’s day off?

Get over it

It’s about time the cliché ‘postcode lottery’ was dumped in the recycling bin. There will always be somewhere that is getting less than everywhere else because people vary and there will always be some who are helpless, hopeless and/or feckless.

Give us a break

Jane Fonda, actress, 83, feels the need to make sex a confession to get attention. Is there a word that combines pathetic and tragic? Or are we going to have to choose between pathagic and tragetic?