What a surprise! After many submissions I finally ‘cracked it’. First there was your cheque for $100 for my winning entry in the Demon then there was your prize for my winning entry in Ninesies. Thank you so much.
I intend to use the money towards subscriptions to some of your publications. The newsagents in the ACT are a bit ‘how’s your father’ in putting them on display and I’d prefer to get them promptly after issue rather than a week after the closing date.
You are performing a valuable community service, particularly for the ‘grey power’ element.
Mr M K Busch
Hawker, ACT
We all know that “How’s your father?” is a comical (if cliched) euphemism for sex. is that what u meant
I think Mr Busch was using the expression ‘How’s your father’ as a euphemism for something unmentionable! The expression comes from the British music hall comedian Harry Tate, who would usually exclaim ‘How’s your father?’ as a way of changing the subject or getting out of a tricky situation. In time it took on a life of its own and in World War II came to mean something similar to ‘a bit of slap ‘n’ tickle’. Isn’t language wonderful?!