Your Letters
16:37 UK time, Monday, 22 December 2008
Play fair, Magazine! I did really well in and am bright and bushy-tailed, but am really stumped by the bonus question picture. Mostly because I can't see it. Can you make it a bit bigger please?
Vicky, East London
Monitor note: Here you go.
Are you accepting our hopes and dreams for the New Year yet? If so, I hope someone can invent a smoke alarm that tells me when my house is burning down, but not when I am cooking a bacon sandwich.
MCK, Stevenage
DMQ SPOILER ALERT
Just a small (but some would say, important) point. The Daily Mini Quiz states that "Brian Clough Way is in Derby". To be a little more accurate (and pertinent, considering he successfully managed football clubs in both cities), it runs between Nottingham and Derby, a section of the A52 that is the major route between the cities.
Charlie Grant, Nottingham, UK
As a dedicated emergency planner I feel Christmas should now be added to the National Risk Register ().
Pip, Corby
Re : We seemed to be able to make the jump from Roman to Arabic numerals without a problem. A spin-off advantage of the imperial 12-based measures like inches or pence is that we Brits (at least, those of my generation) have learned our multiplication tables up to 12, while our Continental cousins learn them only up to 10. By the way, in some parts of Italy you still buy eggs by the pair (no rude replies, please)...
Geoffrey, Rome, Italy
I see that according the today's , Arthur C Clarke is no longer dead. I am somewhat surprised that this has come so shortly after I removed him from my Christmas card list.
Andrew Blake, Bristol, UK
Did you know? In 1867 a Parisian mime artist became stuck in his imaginary box and consequently died of hunger.
Edward Hall-Smith, St Andrews
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