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Erik Kulakauskas of Port Macquarie agrees with Anne Ramsey about the police lexicon (C8),  again singling out the Austin police and its report that "the bomber was deceased and also suffered serious injuries from the self-inflicted bomb blast''. Allan Gibson of Cherrybrook adds: "I hear of people being charged with a string of offences or facing a raft of charges. Who in the constabulary decides how a string is constituted, and how many charges make a raft?"

First it was coppers that were consigned to history, then silvers lost their sheen, but who could have foreseen a time when goldies were rejected? Ellen Kassel of Collaroy was greeted by by two surf life saving "chuggers" (C8), and happily opened her purse and took out two gold coins (a $1 and $2), to which she was told "coins were not acceptable and that they would only take notes. Wow!"

Sometimes political plaques (C8) provide unexpected entertainment value in the future. Waiting for the lift at Kings Cross railway station always causes Suzanne Wicks of Potts Point to smile, due to the plaque that celebrates its opening. "I imagine Joe Tripodi going to the opening of a door and putting up the plaque advertising that he opened it. Subsequent ICAC findings of his corruption in NSW won’t be forgotten as quickly as his lift job."Another alternative to the fragility of pet fish (C8) from Jenny Stephenson of Wollongong. "Since my two loyal and imaginative goldfish Nic and Lucas got stuck and died under the mossy bell and magenta coral ornaments in their glass bowl I have just kept Sebastian the sea snail. When s/he appears dead I just ask how things are going, sprinkle some of the leftover fish feed in and that gorgeous golden yellow shell is off again diligently cleaning the bowl."Another entry in the category of ''strange new verb made from a noun'' was noticed in the Travel section of the Herald