Your letters
15:51 UK time, Wednesday, 25 October 2006
Loved the piece on stars before they were famous appearing in . But how frustrating that we don't get to find out what George Michael's mate wants to tell him when they head out to chat up girls. How tidy the closure if it were the obvious...
Howard, Bakewell
Re: fast-texting in the - I managed it in 11 seconds (typing the message that is). I feel superior to small children now. And no, I don't have an inferiority complex!
Sam, Sittingbourne
Why is it that the Punorama challenge confounds me every week, and yet when the best ones are published they seem so logical? Is there a word for this? Aside from "stupidity" directed at me.
Sarah, Edinburgh
Re: . Given the shape of the mainland is suspiciously close to a hag riding on a pig, I don't think I'd like to be living on the West Coast of Scotland in the near future.
Jel, Swansea
No, Dr Swift (Tuesday’s letters), people age at the same speed... populations do not (the "age" of a population is usually considered to be the average age of the people within that population group).
Neil, Wrexham
Re: - wouldn't it be more appropriate if they were paragraphed or chaptered?
Lee Pike, Cardiff, UK
Zero out of 10 on the . At least I know where the UK is.
Bish, Bedford
Thank you for the . Sadly, your quiz setters ruined the geographical value by persistently using "up", "down" "above" and "right" instead of compass directions. Aarrggh!
Ross, Moscow, Russia
Re: mobile phones damaging sperm (Tuesday letters). Don’t forget that many people keep their mobile in their trouser pocket. The peak electromagnetic output from a mobile phone is produced *when it starts to ring*. So it seems quite reasonable that sperm could be suffering damage - and the more calls that the four hours a day are made up of, the greater the damage.
David McMahon, Thailand
Re: The prevalence of multicoloured maps (Tuesday letters). Now that everyone's got Excel, people expect more than graphs from us statisticians. And that map software cost us an awful lot of money so we need to be constantly thinking of new ways to use it. Suggestions are welcome...
Rich, Herts
Re: letter race (Tuesday letters). Speed not content? Me write fast now.
Steve, Winchester
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