This post was taken from our archives. It first appeared in the Crow's Nest section of the November 1969 issue of The Bermudian. It is typed exactly how it originally appeared. We were browsing in The Irish Linen Shop in Hamilton when a lady tourist asked a sales-girl for a 60-inch by 80-inch round tablecloth. The sales-girl smiled indulgently and said, “Perhaps you mean an oval cloth.” Thereafter, the dialogue when like this: Shopper: “No, it’s got to be round.” Sales-girl: “But it would have ...
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Classic Crow's Nest
September 1977
This article is from our archives. It originally appeared within the Crow's Nest section of the September 1977 issue of The Bermudian. Anecdotes offered by Mr R. D. (Robbie) Outerbridge. WEATHERBIRD “What shall I d...
August 29, 2018
Classic Crow's Nest
August 1949: Wistowe
Originally appeared in "Crow's Nest" in the August 1949 issue of The Bermudian Whether its proximity to the Aquarium affects the matter cannot be proved, but it would seem that for many years Wistowe has been the happy hunting-ground for a su...
July 26, 2018
Classic Crow's Nest
August 1977
This is a Classic Crow's Nest from our Archives. While sipping a cocktail the other day with our good friend Mr R. D. (Robbie) Outerbridge, well-known Front St. businessman and restaurateur, we reveled in hearing again some of the...
July 19, 2018
Classic Crow's Nest
July 1982
Since we have never sought to hide our deep affection for Bermuda historian and author Terry Tucker, you can imagine our reaction to the news that Her Majesty the Queen has honoured her with granting of an O.B.E. as part of Her birthday awards. ...
June 19, 2018
Classic Crow's Nest
A Gentleman’s Sport
Published in December 1973, written by Eric Johnson The Preakness it isn’t. In fact, Bermuda lobster racing may rate somewhere on the excitement scale just below waiting for the sheriff’s department to close down the Sunday afte...
June 19, 2018
