DESPITE public admonitions of difficult council colleagues, Geelong mayor Darryn Lyons was still feeling the love last Friday.
However, the object of his social media affections was someone other than girlfriend Elissa, far away in England.
And didn’t Melbourne counterpart Robert Doyle, a Lyons mentor and former tenant, love the attention!
Tweeted Cr Lyons: “Going to meet my mate @LordMayorMelb in Melbourne”.
To which Robert Doyle longingly replied: “And your mate is looking forward to it!”
Metro media declared it a “bromance”.
Cr Andy Richards, eat your heart out.
PUN OF the week goes to Penny’s Pine, late of Bridge St, Newtown.
The factory went up in smoke in January, bringing to an end a local furniture institution. It’s still cleaning up, it seems, gauging by the heavily discounted, everything-must-go, cash/EFT-only trading at Fyansford over the weekend.
It was advertised as, you guessed, a fire sale.
TWO of new Grovedale residents have brought with them possibly the world’s smartest dog.
Apparently poochy had a barking problem, so was fitted with a special collar emitting a light electric shock to deter unwanted woofing. Very effective, the owners were assured.
However, technology was no match for the intellectual advantage of part-poodle heritage. The clever mutt soon worked out a frequency and tone of barks it could use without triggering the device.
If only the mongrel used its powers for good instead of evil.
CHRIS Scott’s lips were about as tight as Andrew Mackie’s hamstring when the Cats coach was asked at this week’s media conference whether the troublesome muscle had been scanned.
“I’m not at liberty to answer that question,” Scott smiled.
“Balmey (football operations manager Neil Balme) doesn’t like me to say because then he gets 25 calls about the results of the scan.
“I’m scared of Balmey. I’m not going to answer the question.”
Must be something Scott picked up as a coach – fear certainly wasn’t part of his playing profile.
