Reporter’s diary

Press, 2 June 1981, Page 2

Reporter’s diary

Jogger runs over

SADLY, SOMETIMES, . joggers get run over. But an enterprising Christchurch jogger got his own baclc recently. He habitually runs along Salisbury Street, and often finds cars parking in driveways on the footpath, blocking his passage. On one such occasion recently the jogger encountered a small blue Mini in such an offensive position that he did not make the usual detour on to the road and back to the footpath, but simply bounded on to the bonnet, with a most satisfying "boom-boom” sound and continued on his way. Tongue marrriage THE SCOTS are not. be putdone over weddings. They are arranging a right royal marriage of the Scottish National Dictionary and the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue, to produce a single volume Concise Scots Dictionary. But the promoter, the Scottish National Dictionary 'Association, is short of .money for the pro-, ject, and thinks there may be a- few Scots jn'New Zea land, : wlio can support its appeal.

for funds. The association’s address is 27 George Square, Edinburgh EHB 9LD, Scot.iand. Off your bike IN A LETTER to the New England Journal of Medicine, a doctor warns that riding a 10-speed bicycle can cause urinary problems in men. According to the doctor, the skinny seats common on 10speeds put pressure on the urethra, urmary sphincter and prostate, making it difficult for a man to urinate. The cure is simple — get a different seat or stop riding. Tit for tat

"THERE’S no kindergarten on Monday because it's the Queen's ' Birthday.” the teacher explained last Friday. “If we have a holiday on her birthday will she have a holiday on ours?” asked one four-year-old.

The real heroes FULL MARKS must go to the many volunteers who stood for hours on end in miserable weather to look after, the competitors in the Nike marathon on Sunday, :i dishing out drinks, sponges and first, .aid to those in need.

In any sport it is often the people behind the scenes, who make or break the enjoyment .and success for the competitors.

Slip in ranking NEW ZEALAND used to rank fifth in the world for the amount of beer consumed per capita, but we have now slipped to ninth. For the record, West Germans manage to down the most beer — at'l74 litres per person per annum, followed by Czechoslovakia, East Germany and Australia. New Zealanders drink about 151 litres each yean Money spinner? MONEY may be made out of the current polarisation of New Zealand society over the Springbok tour. Advertisements appeared in the personal column of "The Press” on Saturday for both "Oppose the Tour” and “Support the Tour” bumper stickers. Anyone not blinded by prejudice one way or the other could have seen that the two advertisements had one thing irr common — the same- telephone number.