Things are hotting up in the pool
Perhaps other Col8-ers in the know would care to pool their ideas about the rules of the game to enlighten this daffy duck.” Granny can add one thing, Peter Miniutti wasn’t far off the mark. The Brits really do call it Octopush.“I’ve had sleepless nights wondering if Barnaby Joyce actually owns a dog, following his recent ABC interview,” says Toby Waters of Emerald Beach. “At the risk of infecting my fellow readers with insomnia, can I carefully ask: If Barnaby does not own a dog, should he get one?
- ▪Perhaps other Col8-ers in the know would care to pool their ideas about the rules of the game to enlighten this daffy duck.” Granny can add one thing, Peter Miniutti wasn’t far off the mark.
- ▪The Brits really do call it Octopush.“I’ve had sleepless nights wondering if Barnaby Joyce actually owns a dog, following his recent ABC interview,” says Toby Waters of Emerald Beach.
- ▪“At the risk of infecting my fellow readers with insomnia, can I carefully ask: If Barnaby does not own a dog, should he get one?
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