Chicken holds up traffic on way to Sizzler
Drivers in fowl mood until chook appears
WHY did the chicken cross the road? To get to Sizzler, of course.
Rush hour traffic came to a standstill at the corner of James and Hume Sts on Tuesday afternoon.
Those a few cars back wondered what was going on until a chook emerged from in front of the leading car having crossed Hume St on its way to Sizzler.
Holy mackerel GROUP of Toowoomba chaps pleased to return home from a trip to Townsville in good condition.
The lads, who flew north for the Cowboys/Raiders NRL match, get stuck into the fresh seafood while in the tropical north, their favourite being battered mackerel.
It was with some relief then when they returned to media reports of a food poisoning outbreak in Townsville that weekend, which had left 17 people fairly ill.
One victim ended up spending two days in the Townsville Hospital’s intensive care unit.
The common thread among the victims was that they had all eaten mackerel from fish and chip shops.
One of the Toowoomba group explained that with the copious amounts of liquid refreshment that accompanied their meals in the north, the bacteria never stood a chance.
Young at heart
LONG-time worker decided to attend a superannuation seminar the other night in Toowoomba to check out his retirement entitlements.
Imagine his surprise when he walked into the room to be confronted by tables full of older folk with grey hair.
He immediately thought he must be in the wrong place.
However, someone quickly reminded our young-at-heart prospective retiree that he probably went to school with many of those in the room.
Singing in the hail OUR recent article highlighting an old picture from the Second World War has created some interest.
Joan Turkington thought she recognised herself on the right of the picture (right).
However, in 2004, Ena Alford also wrote into say it was actually her and her sister-in-law.
Necessities
SIXTY-something woman sent in a written plea of guilty on a shoplifting charge to Toowoomba Magistrates Court this week.
The magistrate noted the woman had offered just one word in mitigation – “pension”.
While most could sympathise with pensioners having to deal with higher prices these days and would understand had the lady shoplifted some food. But four DVDs?