Your Letters
16:35 UK time, Friday, 13 June 2008
In , I would have thought that any debris big enough to bring down airliners would have been fairly easy to spot.
Kevin, Douglas, Isle of Man
Earlier this month I congratulated myself for having thought up the pun "Irish ayes are smiling" for use if the referendum said "yes". Now I look at today's Metro front page saying "Irish ayes smile on Brown" and I realise that if I actually use that pun tomorrow I will seem hopelessly derivative and past it. Is there some department at Monitor Towers that could help me? (This letter should not be seen as advocating any Punorama-type contests.)
Frederick Heath-Renn, London, UK
So "encouraging motorists to use less fuel" is now an ? How very drastic.
Susannah, Northampton
The fourth image in is accompanied by the description "Duke University researchers created an invisibility cloak in 2006". Personally, I think it looks like a pound coin being sliced trivial-pursuit-pizza-style by lasers. Now, either that thing is the invisibility cloak, in which case it doesn't work, because I can see it, or it isn't the invisibility cloak, in which case why use the image?
Christian Cook, Epsom, UK
Christian - who outlined his plan a ponies-for-votes scheme in Thursday's letters - you're selling yourself cheap, dear. I will be asking for at least a grand.
Vicky, East London
I'll be asking for at least a Bernie or bar, though I figure he'll just offer us all a monkey.
Pip, Corby
Holly (Thursday's letters) as an enormous pedant where Classical matters are concerned, I must point out that Oedipus was Greek, whereas the title "rex" is Latin. Oedipus Tyrannus is more appropriate.
Gina, Durham
Jo (Thursday's letters), can't believe you used a nominative "to assist Claire and I" instead of the correct accusative "to assist Claire and me". Does that make me accusative?
Adam, London, UK
The best way to cool chips is with vinegar (Thursday's letters).
Nigel Macarthur, London, England
- can I suggest he's gone One Step Beyond...?
Graham Parsons, Frome
Is it me, or is the Caption Competition just not nearly as much fun as it used to be?
Sue, London
Is it my imagination or has that horrible word "basically" crept back into every conversation in this country?
John Holmes, Chester
Paper Monitor might like to be aware that Wayne and Coleen's local rag, the Liverpool Echo, seems to have managed to trump all the national dailies by getting a (gasp!) picture of the bride in her dress. One-nil to the provinces. We are truly blessed.
Ruaraidh Gillies, Wirral, UK
Ah, Paper Monitor shows its age: "Two drummers in one group. A bit Adam and the Ants retro, no?" Not if you're Foo Fighters.
Hannah, Leamington
Just catching up with Paper Monitor from over the past few days and I'm still no better at knowing whether the answer to the mystery of gender, age and nationality of our beloved journal analyst. But one thing we do know. The only plausible way I can think of to get from the UK to the US in about 4.5 hours (see Tuesday's Paper Monitor) is by a Concorde. So where do you hide yours?
Lester Mak, London, UK
What's a Webby (Tuesday's Paper Monitor)?
Mich, Somerset
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