GOING "TROPO."

Dozerdust, Volume 1, Issue 3, 26 June 1943, Page 1

GOING "TROPO."

s He’e going tropo n someone remarked the other lunch hour as a group watched D • P»0 ? Connor; his actions were .most unusual for a normal person which he is? partii ularly after a delicious lunch tastefully cooked by Tony« D.P. had something that looked like a whitebait net on the end of fc. long pole? muttering to himself, and unaware that he had an audio: CBihe was waving the net high in the air, shooting it out to eft, then to right, 'coming to al on guard position, sweeping it around him, and ? finally, droning it on the groixnd and on all f fours to see what wa undo: it# On not finding anything, he swore so loudly that everyone thought ho had not been to ohurs. parade on Sunday® When it is known that he was d we shall advise our readers# In the meanwhile,, we think the time : has come when we should outline some of the symptoms of advanced » ,s Tropo§ Take the condition of Sgt. 'oGeorgo Aimj most of us know him? he is well known in ’Auckland aS a wool expert© Messrs Balgety’s Ltd never succeeded in pulling the wool over his eyes and the I army cannot rob him of that slighty pregnant .protuberanceof which he is so proud® It is true he has ntt stood for Parliament, nor tho-City Councillor 3

seconded a motion at a public* meeting which shows his balance# N»w he Is not the man one would expect to find fitting up in bed at night holding a conversation with mosqux*** toes:but he does', we regret to say® He even uses abusive and threatening language» Ho a-* has been hoard to refer to mosquitoes as '• little bas«-» tar ds « One could understandn such language wore they inside the net which they are ‘■'not* Furthermore, $g cannot , v ■ gallow Sgt® Pears to infected A rby such duct© Thon there is Percy Kenna* He is above reproach, a faithful library -h ian and a solid citizene But in his tent you will find a photograph entitled bing ff polse* before which. ho sits and gazes for hours o » Even the B Black Tracker 55 and young boys skulk around 1 the tent asking for a ® looks After the R lock*, they go . away talking of *do sire' 1 and other things© Then there is a. J mon who, not content with eating the Patriotic Cake, but must eat the paper wra«» pping also©We shall not say what use ho puts the tin to# An even more pitiable cnee is that of the man who plan-’ ted dehydrated potatoes and ” is still waiting for them to

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Thon there are the men who viciously drive I their knives into tho tin of butter. and sniff loudly before applying tho better to the bred 8 Gentlemen” have boon seen going round with I their hats on back to front? others have beer observed in a state of almost complete : nudity .BfW '' ' • . ; i We have said enough, it' will be agreed?to I juctify our reference to ” Trope” in this - ! issue. Later? we hope to compile a scion- l tifio treatise which will be read at an Inter national Conference of Scientists(New York? j and thus add our names to the now ; somewhat overcrowded scroll of immortals© j

We commend tho efforts of the. Bldg I - o Sec on its garden# The railing is I going to be an improvement© Tho appearance J of the vegetables would also be appreciated© i <»«• MH 0N «F« «••• <*•*•«**»•* **©«*A>* M* I