[Your Editor was quietly taken aside so the correct wording could be explained: it is 'Grouse' not 'Grouch', and it is 'Schouse', not 'Shout'...  The former is positive, the latter apparently is derived from a colloqialism in Scotland or New Zealand that describes a place where people are resorting to to tend to calls of nature...  Ed.]  Anyway, Andy's Grouse was the recent game where Ireland beat the All Blacks at Rugby, and his Shouse was South Africa beating just about everyone in the world from Cricket to Rugby [there are no reports on their performance in other sports such as Chess...]
 
Barry Lea, nice to see you. To no doubt, the fact that the omelette was strictly Halal would have had specific attraction... Richard Smith needed a solid 5 minutes of training to get on top of his gig as today's Chairman... Jo Gorman, no doubt the richest woman on the Gold Coast: Seen on Channel 7 parading with the winning Race Horse... Mark Twyford, quite respectable shoes today for a change, but what about the shirt! Peter Morgan, how's the knee? [very good, thank you...] Angus Miller had his birthday on Saturday.  Mate, for a 98 year old, you are not looking bad at all! Ian Mayberry at last night's board meeting, showed his appreciation of the Sergeant's Red Wine: just give him a bottle and a glass, and he won't leave anymore! Mario Fairlie has been doing it tough recently: down to his last 30 Million or so, he bought a $150 replica pen... Gerald East and Fred Hamblen: what a dress combination! A picture is a thousand words - see right... Darrell Brown in comparison is dressed downright dull...  Mitch Brown's nick name of Billbo Baggins from the Hobbits has been confirmed - he actually answers to the call... Simon Brook: that joke you told...