Abbott and Costello switch codes
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April 11, 2021 9.00pm
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Finding a gender-neutral term for “third man” (C8) is proving difficult. Clive Burrell of Bondi has concerns that going with the most obvious “third person” might result in an “Abbott and Costello skit”. Conversely, Murray Hutton of Mount Colah thinks we should “embrace the weird and wonderful world of cricket fielding positions. Otherwise we will have to insist that men cannot field in slips.”
“Everyone knows the third man is Harry Lime,” says Steve Cornelius of Brookvale. “If the cricketers are women, then I suggest Harriet Lime.”
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