Bring out the shovel
The newsroom is inundated with many stories. Some we can publish, others we can’t. But this week, a story came into the newsroom that was too good to put aside.
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It starts with a dead cat, found on the side of the road, and a distressed man.
Before you pinpoint a suspect, we are told the man did not kill the cat, but was in shock.
Upon closer inspection, he became convinced it was his mother’s cat, down to the same white paws. Knowing his mother would be distraught about it, and because the flies were already getting to it in the heat, the man buried the cat in his yard and then went and told his mother about it.
Understandably, she became quite upset, but appreciated being told about the cat’s demise. However, a few hours later he received a call from his mother saying: “Guess who just strolled in? I got the shock of my life.”
It was none other than his mother’s cat.
Riddled with questions, the man later approached his neighbours and discovered it was a neighbourhood cat.
We wonder what the man was thinking as he brought out a shovel to dig a grave for the dead cat. We’re told it was a fitting burial, and hope, furthermore, the man’s neighbour don’t look at him strangely in the future.
Well, you know what they say, looks can be deceiving.
Rapidly building new school
First there were rapid build prisons and now there are pop-up schools. What next, we ask.
In case you weren’t aware, pop-up schools are the State Government’s temporary solution in cases where a more permanent structure is being built.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian unveiled one for Ultimo Public this week. Constructed over seven months, the school was “shipped” into Wentworth Park, a release stated. It comprises 14 classrooms, a library, school hall, canteen and administration area.
There’s no mention of what happens to it after the new school is built. Perhaps it can be “shipped” somewhere else; say, to serve one of Goulburn’s more crowded campuses.