Column 8

"Sarah Huckabee Sanders was wise to quietly leave the Red Hen restaurant when asked, thinks Paul Keir of Concord. "Imagine what the restaurant staff would have served up had she insisted on staying." Probably not humble pie.

Still on food, Richard Stewart of Pearl Beach doesn't want to offend in his pursuit of a device-free dinner: "While inviting friends to a restaurant dinner as host, would it be impolite to ask your guests to not bring an iPad or phone? And if that is in order, any suggestions as to how best to ask? C8 wisdom needed."

John Boast of Hunters Hill writes: "The comments on driving sin out of church (C8) reminded me of the airline boarding pass you receive if you fly from Singapore to Finland. It read SIN to HEL." The follow-up from both Ken Follows of Erina and Ron Schaffer of Bellevue Hill is one we were anticipating: "How can we forget the former Philippine cleric, Cardinal Sin?"

Pasquale Vartuli's fond recollection of Sir Laurence Street's class in controlling events at Banco Court (C8) sparked similar memories for John Lees of Castlecrag. "Like Pasquale, I remember those admission ceremonies presided over by Sir Laurence. Apart from pacifying mother and child as described by Pasquale, he would say: 'Everyone has a right of audience before this court today'."

In the tradition of Nudown Plumben & Bilden and Speeders Lorndry (C8) comes another example of creative signwriting from George Mainprize of Eagleton: “Some years back, on the road to Sydney after Wyong, there was a sign advertising Tugra Prorns.” According to Brian Collins of Cronulla, these establishments "would have attracted customers like Emma Chisit".