2020-03-01 Reader\'s Digest AUNZ

Letters

Come up with the funniest caption

for the above photo and you could win

$100. To enter, see email details for

your region on page 8.

CAPTION CONTEST

Congratulations to this month’s

winner, Jason Harris.

“Help me, I pulled my disc!”

YEHUDA

Top of the Pops.

JASON HARRIS

A new spin on classic rock.

MICHAEL GOATHAM

The original Hip-op DJ.

PAUL BEISLY

“Don’t ‘OK Boomer’ me! I’ve been a

DJ for 50 years and that’s a record.”

CHRIS RAMOS

ANOTHER GOLDEN OLDIE

We asked you to think up a funny

caption for this photo.

Editor’s Note: Thanks for raising
this point. Our editorial approach
is to always adopt the plain and
ordinary meaning of words, guided
by the authority available to us in the
dictionary. The Oxford Dictionary
defines a decade as “a period of
ten years, especially a period such
as 1910-1919 or 1990-1999.” Using
a strict numerical or Gregorian
calendar reading, ie one to ten, does
lead to confusion and would result
in saying 1990 is actually part of the
1980s. So, we decided to settle on a
decade as starting with year zero and
not year one, or in this particular
case 2020-2029. But we cheerfully
acknowledge Steve Pearson’s point
and would be very interested to know
what other readers think about the
debate over ‘decade’ and its technical
versus cultural usage.

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$200. The Capless is the

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gold nib. Congratulations to this

month’s winner, Steve Pearson.

WIN!

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