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What trivial behaviour do you enjoy the most?
Playing, often at her signal, “Stalking Monster” with my cat, who never ceases to be fascinated by what lengths I go to entertain her.
Richard Orlando, Westmount, Quebec, Canada
• Watching a stream bubbling over rocks.
Philip Stigger, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
• Licking out the mixing bowl when a chocolate cake has just gone in the oven.
Ursula Nixon, Bodalla, NSW, Australia
• What I’m doing at this very moment.
Donna Samoyloff, Toronto, Canada
• Slacklining.
David Tucker, Halle, Germany
• A cheery “Good morning” (or whatever) from a complete stranger when out for a walk.
Joan Dawson, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Waking up in the morning. It’s better than the alternative.
David Turner, Bellevue Heights, South Australia
• If it’s really enjoyable, then it isn’t trivial.
Lawrie Bradly, Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia
• Ageing slowly.
Charlie Dortch, Fremantle, Western Australia
• It happens on the page opposite this one.
Margaret Wyeth, Victoria British Columbia, Canada
I’m afraid mother isn’t telling
If necessity is the mother of invention, who is the father?
Curiosity.
David Isaacs, Sydney, Australia
• Potency.
Hartmann Doerry, Tübingen, Germany
• Intelligence.
Ted Webber, Buderim, Queensland, Australia
• The patent attorney!
Maureen Heath, Winchester, UK
• Inspiration.
Elizabeth Keating, Orcemont, France
• Frank Zappa.
Charlie Bamforth, Davis, California, US
• She would never say.
Kitty Monk, Auckland, New Zealand
• Capability.
Art Campbell, Ottawa, Canada
Such a cheeky question!
Why are dimples seen as attractive?
I don’t see a dimple as attractive; in fact I find the claim a little hollow.
Jim Dewar, Gosford, NSW, Australia
• Ask a cheeky question and you’ll get a cheeky answer.
Anthony Walter, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Please take your animals
What is the best, cheapest vacation?
Driving in New South Wales in our trusty old car, along empty roads. Stopping to admire architecture in peaceful towns and sit in their parks beside fountains, surrounded by roses. Along with our dog and cat.
Jenefer Warwick James, Paddington, NSW, Australia
• The cheapest and best holidays are the ones we go and spend with family. You don’t have to pay for a hotel, and they usually go out of their way to make you your favourite food. Also, you can walk around without makeup and get away with wearing the same clothes a couple of times after they have been washed for you. You catch up on all the news and talk over old times.
Wendy O’Brien, Bastorp, Sweden
• A weekend alone at home with several well loved books.
Pat Phillips, Adelaide, South Australia
Any answers?
If someone or something goes viral what is the antidote?
E Slack, L’Isle Jourdain, France
A dinner party is set to start at “six-ish”. How big is an “ish”?
Graham Bruce, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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