The Knights had some fans in the crowd for their match against the Broncos on Thursday night.
What's that you say? People generally aren't allowed at games yet. You'd be right. Or as a fellow I know would [annoyingly] say, "Correct".
So people aren't allowed in the stands, but cardboard cut-outs are.
As far as we know, cardboard cut-outs can't catch the virus. But we would like to see a nurse try to stick a cotton bud up the nose of a cardboard cut-out.
Anyhow, to mark the NRL's Beanies for Brain Cancer round, cut-outs of Hunter Medical Research Institute [HMRI] staff attended the match.
Just look how happy they are. And why wouldn't they be. Sport is back, people!
HMRI researchers do their darndest to support the Mark Hughes Foundation every day in labs. And, as you can clearly see from these cut-outs, they do their darndest to support the Knights, too.
So, go get yourself a new beanie for brain cancer. It's cold. Plus, body heat escapes from the head, doesn't it? Apparently not. Turns out that's a myth. But the face, head and chest do feel changes in temperature more than the rest of the body. Brrrrr.
Chopper Mystery
Dudley aviation enthusiast Bill Hitchcock has noticed a helicopter hovering about in his area lately.
We too have seen a similar helicopter in our neck of the woods. We wondered if it was someone learning to fly. Bill has a theory that it's linked to a government land sell-off. If you can solve the mystery, drop us a line at topics@newcastleherald.com.au.
Holy Cow
We wrote recently that a suspected ghost at West Wallsend turned out to be a large white cow scratching herself on a house pillar at 2am.
Tony Davis recounted the story, which happened about 50 years ago.
In response, Charlestown's Laurie Bowman said: "Our family moved from Adamstown to Westy after the war. We were immediately intrigued at the number of cows and some horses that roamed the whole town.
"Every household would put fruit and vegie scraps over the fence. The cows did the rounds each day and cleaned them up," he said, adding there was no such thing as paved footpaths then.
"If our yards didn't have two catches on the gate, some of the smart cows would easily flip the catch and play havoc in our very good vegie garden."
Laurie, too, learnt that cows could find their way under a house to "scratch and haunt".
Jokes of the Day
Elaine Richards, of Salt Ash, shared these beauties.
An elderly woman was driving her car when a policeman pulled up beside her. He got a shock to see she was knitting.
Policeman: "Pull over."
Woman: "It's a cardigan."
An elderly couple won the lottery. The wife was worried.
Wife: "What will we do about all the begging letters?"
Husband: "Keep sending them."
A woman opened her refrigerator door and was shocked to see a mouse.
Woman: "What are you doing here?"
Mouse: "This is a Westinghouse, isn't it?"
Woman: "Yes."
Mouse: "Well close the door. I'm westing."
