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Michael Smythe's avatar

An apposite Goon Show memory - referenced in Wikipedia:

Henry Crun would often start mumbling "you can't get the wood, you know" when asked to do any sort of job, even though the job (such as the building of a "waterproof gas stove" in The Siege of Fort Night) would never require any wood. Sometimes he would also complain about "a shortage of shortages".

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Dan Tohill's avatar

Great diary entry Dave. Boy did you ever open up the worm cans. Would have loved to write a dissertation here on the foibles of the forestry industry and NZ primary industry in general, however it's late and I have to flog my guts out again tomorrow. Glad you are mending well.

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