Quack MBBSc.

Magoo is phoned at home by his regular clinic for an annual checkup.

I take this opportunity to write Dr.Quack my concerns about his dementia and driving,

as Magoo has hands truly disabled by arthritis and he cannot change the car's automatic gearstick with his left hand, but reaches across himself with his right hand to do it, while roaring along Eastlink at 102 kph. Very scary for passenger.
I get the letter to the receptionist before Magoo sees the quack.
On the day, I am waiting outside, on a seat, eating a coffee scroll, when the quack appears before me, outside, in the street. Amazing.

Anyhow, he puts me in my place, and insists that if Magoo's driving was a problem then Dr.Quack himself would have been notified by VicRoads.

Going home I ask 88-y-o Magoo if he has had a VicRoads test.
No, never been tested since I got my licence in 1946.
"What about that Bayswater place you went to?"
"oh that was 5 years ago when my hands were alright and I applied to go in the Formula One Grand Prix Celebrity Race."

Now dear Reader, some of the above must be fiction, but I assure you

it is not the statement you think is fiction.
Maybe the quack has dementia too.
What do I do now?

Daddy Dearest

I have lasted 3 days with my own Mr.Magoo,

a graduate of The Toad Hall Driving School,

hybridised with Fr Jack Hackett,
Maggie Beare, and Old Man Steptoe, but

neither Geoffrey Atherden nor Galton & Simpson are

writing us any funny lines.
Results in News At 11 (no doubt about it).

Queenscliffe - Sorrento

Today I crossed Port Phillip Bay.
This is my snap of the other ferry passing on the opposite crossing, and that protrusion on the horizon is Arthur's Seat. Sometimes you can see it on this webcam at The Rip.
The wind off The Rip today was beyond description, The Spirit Of Tasmania crossed our bow, and the south end of the Mornington Peninsula was absolutely jumping. OZONE was in the air.
UPDATE: here is photo of Kath Blurb From The Burbs Lockett coming through The Heads on The Spirit of Tasmania.

from my window

The day after we endured 44.3 degrees celsius and a howling wind, the sky blushes over
Tarndwarncoort hill, occupied since 1840, origin of Polwarth sheep bred out of the first Merinos to leave Spain. 'Merino' means 'fugitive without a home', as so many of us are.

@RustyRockets

He wrote a genuine (no ghost writer) autobiography, My Booky Wook, which is more than most of them can claim.
He was brilliant to stand-out from a stand-out bunch in the recent St.Trinians movie.
He does stand-up comedy.
He basically played himself in Forgetting Sara Marshall and stole the movie.

I just adore @Rusty - follow him on Twitter and be beguiled.

Not only could he look like Jaqueline Onassis if he tidied up, but also, he has a website - RussellBrand.com. He has just bought a house in Beverly Hills with Katy P so I would not be surprised if he does clean up his appearance. That's what happened to Billy Connolly when he moved there. LA will do that to you. Both of them obsessive character types (Mr Connolly is a recovering alcoholic) and another one is also one of my favourite dark funny clever bad boys Robert Downey Jnr. Of course if you're reading this, you may have an obsession with your keyboard/ISP nexus, and don't look to me for help either.
This post inspired by a discussion on obsessions at Elisabeth's SixthInLine blog.