Around the Club 21-8-2012

Henry & Jane – Faster Lane, USA?
The Shadow understands that Henry & Jane Drury are in New York for 3 weeks on grandchildren minding duties – but that, for some of the time, the grandchildren will actually be away.  So, The Shadow has spent an idle second or two wondering what the grandparents will be doing when they are truly on holiday.  Sunbathing in the sultry NY sauna climate?  Heckling whichever presidential candidate is campaigning nearby?  Watching daytime TV in air-conditioned comfort?  Visiting high-minded museums and art galleries?  Further suggestions are welcome!

We all Love our Editor!
In the last bulletin, our beloved editor expressed fear that The Shadow would prefer a SPAM filter over a real live editor.  Not so!  Never!  The Shadow hereby sends a thousand repetitions of loyalty!  Nay – ten thousand!

It’s Dead Easy
Gordon Cheyne was spruiking the benefits of bequeathing money to the Rotary Foundation.  Someone said “but you have to be dead”.  Gordon said “It’s Dead Easy”.  Someone said “How d’you know?”.  The Shadow loves such repartee!

What about 0/10?
Sergeant Chris Hanson was telling us about the course of his recent illness, assigning a score to each day of its evolution.  The score started with 10/10 – before the illness struck.  Day by day, the score got lower, until it reached 2/10.  The Shadow, feeling morbid, wonders what the significance would have been of 1/10 or – shudder the thought – 0/10.  Glad that it was evidently not a very scientific sort of scoring system!