Your Letters
16:29 UK time, Wednesday, 25 April 2007
Re - I queued this morning, not for a fashion statement but for a reusable bag to use whenever I go shopping, and not just food shopping. My one disappointment was that they were giving the bags to the people buying them in, wait for it... PLASTIC CARRIRER BAGS. Looks like the real message didn't get filtered through to everyone. And, for the record, I refused one, as I usually do.
Hannah, Camberley
If I had a fiver for every time I've said " I don't need a bag, thanks", been completely ignored, and then had to take the goods OUT again... sigh. As for Anya Thingy's effort, my £1 woven plastic basket from a charity shop does very well, thanks. Still, nice idea.
Sue, London
To those who ask why we can't use paper bags, in an environmental case study it was discovered that plastic bags are greener than paper ones. What tipped the balance was the vast amount of bleaching agents used in paper production which is difficult to dispose of and is a high risk water pollutant.
Jamie McNeill, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Re Paper Monitor's comment about Anne Boleyn doing a high five at the news that girls are now the desired gender for new babies. Don't she have six fingers on her hand (thus introducing the very long sleeve to hide the fact, and causing a new fashion statement) - so wouldn't she in fact have done a high six?
Fran, Bucks, UK
Hello. As one of Hugo Rifkind's "underlings" (People Monkey is the preferred moniker) I would love to "do" lunch, as invited by Paper Monitor. Please, get in touch.
Jeremy Austin, Wapping
Monitor note: Our people will call your people.
So, there are 6,500 million 1p coins missing. No! They are down the back of the nations sofas.
Adrian, London, UK
Re : "As the Royal Mint puts the final touches to a re-designed one pence piece..."
For goodness sake, it is a one penny piece - pence is plural!
"I've seen people years ago throwing the old half pence piece away and I think the penny is now viewed the same way."
It is a half-penny piece, not a half-pence piece! Please!
"'We still do a filled sherbet straw that costs a penny but there are fewer and fewer products that are only one pence,' says Andrew Matlow of the town's biggest employer, Swizzels Matlow."
And again! One penny, please, not one pence!
How many more times?
PJ (the pedant), West Yorks, thelbiq.co.uk
Wait! Wasn't yesterday Tuesday - where was the Punorama? How on Earth do you expect me to
a) waste time at work, and
b) humble myself with crushing rejection, if there is no weekly pun contest? I hold you directly responsible for my increased productivity and self-esteem.
Christy, Chicago, US
Monitor note: All is not lost... click
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