TOWN NEEDS RACK

The township of Linton has several memorials and points of interest which are highlights for the casual visitor and occasional stopping tourist. But like signs, seats and bins the town also needs some practical trappings that its more active* residents can enjoy.

The Pioneer Memorial, the War Memorials, Letty Armstrongs’ Post Office Seat and the Water Point and Horse Trough near the Geelong Road are just a few.

One recent occurrence has prompted The Astonisher to shift it's main focus from a Town Hard Rubbish Skip to that of a Pool Cue Rack outside the Railway Hotel.

It came to pass recently that a well-known Eight Balls player in the town mislaid his very expensive hand-carved, homogenized, vitrified and petrified Pool Pole. Enquiries were made at several establishments, and even a thorough check inside the fireplace of their residence. To our relief, because he drove everyone berserk in their frenetic search, the Cue was to eventually be found outside the Bar Door of the Hotel just laying there feeling very, very dejected and unwanted.

To avoid any future difficulties with miscreant Pool Cues we believe it is the duty of this trustworthy (?) publication to earnestly put forward a request to the Progress Association for such a device to be installed so that waylaid or wayward pool cues can be detained for the collection of their rightfully registered owners without them having to be rounded up by the local Police.

This article was generated in part by a recent reading of an article called:-

Drinking Like a Man: the Paradox of Excessive Drinking for

Seventeenth-Century Dutch Youths

* Active (adjective) the antonym of Council.

Means working, involved or enthusiastic about one thing or another to benefit Linton.

It can also be an adjective for getting off your arse and doing something other than involve yourself in the X Factor, Biggest Loser and other vomit inducing TV shows.