GLADSTONE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER PROMISES "SAUSAGE SIZZLE" — PARENTS NOT SURE WHAT THE QUOTE MARKS MEAN
Some reckon it's a typo. Others reckon the PTA knows something.
A newsletter sent home with Year 4s at a Gladstone primary school has advertised Friday's fundraiser as a "sausage sizzle" — quote marks included. Parents are unsettled.
The sentence sits between the netball results and a head lice notice. It reads: Come along to our "sausage sizzle" this Friday from 3pm. Mum-of-three Bridget Eathorne spotted it over a cuppa. "You don't put quote marks round sausage sizzle. You just don't. Now I don't know what I'm feeding my kids."
Another parent, Hamish Drysdale, said he'd had words at the gate. "My eldest asked if it was a real sausage or a metaphor sausage. I'm a sparky, mate. I don't deal in metaphor sausages. I deal in Hellers."
The PTA treasurer confirmed the snags were Hellers, on white bread, with onion if you wanted it. Asked about the quote marks, she said the newsletter was typed Sunday night and "Sharon's keyboard does what it likes".
The principal has declined to print a correction. The photocopier is buggered until Tuesday.
The sausage sizzle proceeds Friday. Whether it stays in quote marks is a matter for Sharon.
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Reader Letters
Margaret_F
Back in the '80s, no one would've cared about quote marks. You got your snag and that was it. We've gotten so picky these days!
SausageLoverNZ
Sounds dodgy. What's next, 'tomato sauce'? I bet they're using no-brand stuff.
GladstoneGrammarDad
Honestly, folks, it's just a newsletter! Sharon's probably stressed out of her mind with all our demands. As long as they taste good, who cares!
KeyboardCrisis
Bloody laugh, that keyboard excuse. Just change the flipping keys, Sharon!
RachelinRiverton
Mate, you ever tried working a Facebook Marketplace keyboard? They're all a bit cursed.