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PRIZED WIN

Many years ago, I entered a competition where I had to solve a couple of anagrams about an upcoming movie. It had taken me a while to find the solution, but I ended up sending it off with a word I’d made up with the letters reading PLETHORICES! I duly looked for the results and found I had won. Turns out, the correct word I needed was helicopters. So, it was either a quick draw from all the entries or the staff had a good chuckle and awarded the prize for trying! Hazel, Feilding

RIGHT IDEA

My two-year-old granddaughter was asked to watch her brother while her mum tried on underwear. Mum came out only to find her daughter had disappeared but could be heard in the next dressing room. Turns out she had wet her pants, gone and got a pair of women’s panties and was proceeding to put them on. At least she had the right idea! KS, Katikati February 14, 1994

NO, NOT MUMMY!

We were arranging our wedding plans and having sorted out the when, who and where, we started discussing the bridal party. As it was the second time around for both of us, I asked my two boys, aged eight and 10, if they would “give me away”. The youngest looked at me in horror and then ran away crying. When asked what was wrong, he wailed, “But I don’t want to give you away!” We eventually got a smile from him after explaining we didn’t mean it literally! Woops, Ngaruawahia, April 22, 2002