Your Letters
16:57 UK time, Friday, 1 September 2006
: just for a moment there I thought Barry had deserted his middle of the road roots and regretted it.
Cat, London, UK
If I started a petition for a "none of the above" choice on the Caption Competition vote, would anyone be with me?
Lindsay, Glasgow
Wow! This week's caption competition entries actually were quite good. It was novel having to decide between several good entries for a change. Could we have a button to vote for more than one answer?
Lester Mak, London
Re Paper Monitor's reference to Mark Almond, if it could have been THAT M Almond, he would have been Marc, not Mark. Unless there's another famous Mark Almond who I'm not aware of, obviously.
Silas, London, UK
Regarding the government's proposals to chip our bins. I don't know if this crossed anyone else's mind but if households are going to be charged by weight for rubbish collection how are they going to stop unscrupulous neighbours from putting their rubbish in other peoples bins to avoid paying?
Chris, London
Whatever the rights and wrongs of , does Toby Nicholl really think that "an explosion in the amount of baggage put in holds" is the best choice of words?
Simon Robinson, Birmingham, UK
Two articles caught my eye today - "" and "". Typical of today's policiticans: no sooner does a problem arise than they want to legislate on it.
Wen, Horsham
I hate to blow Adrian's theory of Paper Monitor's gender out the window (Thursday letters). He reckons a woman because of the reference to perms and ruffles for a Christmas party outfit. I have two words for him. Russell. Brand.
Isabella, Sheffield
Could the Magazine Monitor enlighten me on a question that's been bothering me? What is the plural of Daddy Long Legs? Our house was invaded by a plague of them and I'm not sure whether to refer to them as 'Daddy long legses', 'Daddies long legs' or just 'Daddy long legs'. They seem reluctant to leave the house till I get my grammar right.
Rob, Letterkenny, Ireland
Re "". One for the flexicon there I think. An obvious example of a foxymoron.
Kip, Norwich UK
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