With Double Take’s normal correspondent away surfing in Taiwan, The Indy’s resident office monkeys have stepped for this week’s column.
Who said we were desperate and dateless here in our boudoir by the bay?
Take heart all you lads and lassies who have ever stumbled out of Lambys into an early dawn blubbering into your beer goggles and crying to the rising moon “what about me?”
According to a survey of 14,700 of their members, ELITE Singles have identified our city by the bay as the happiest place to live if you a single.
It’s music to the ears of The Indy’s editorial bachelor, and bachelorette – whose dear old Nana Susie used to say “why buy a book when you can borrow from the library?”
To those going home to their Lean Cuisine and resident fur baby and despite Aunty Mary’s constant question at all family gatherings and when it is your turn dear to walk down the aisle … just remember you are actually happy!
Speaking of people who are happy, and even happier after a few frothies, one of our most popular men Billy Brownless may have opened his own gateway to joy at Leopold’s Gateway complex.
The complex has opened the doors on new stores such as Aldi where singles can now mingle amongst the broccoli heads and 250 horsepower drill heads.
And local MP Sarah Henderson may have her own magnetic attraction – if people want to protest it seems her office is the only place in town to go.
Poor Hendo always seems to cop the local brunt when her party makes a controversial decision.
She’s had an eclectic mix of activists outside her workplace, including refugee advocates, environmentalists and, the latest group, a bunch of union reps annoyed about penalty rates.
We Double Takers think some other local pollies might be feeling left out and it’s time to share the love.
Don’t forget the other MPs Marles, Kastos, Neville, Couzens and Eren!
And when it comes to events promoting love, one can’t go past Norlane’s Harmony Walk.
One keen canine, Walter the Dog, tagged along with his human companions to add a bit of interspecies diversity to multicultural walk.
The ruff-rider was all too happy to climb onto the shoulders of his human, Mary Constance-Black, to pose for The Indy’s photographer on Wednesday.
With Geelong residents adopting record numbers of dogs from shelters recently, it certainly seems the sacred bond between man and best friend is alive and well.
