Your Letters
15:40 UK time, Friday, 3 November 2006
Surely the 大象传媒 has surpassed itself with the redundant news that . Surely, they can only
1 - rise
2 - fall or
3 - stay the same.
Cameron Smith, Bath, UK
Am I the only one who has never heard of the colloquialism ""? I just worry that I am becoming squarer than the House of Lords in my old age (25).
Bas, London
It is surprisingly hard to say "ban on cabin baggage鈥. I keep saying cabbage baggin. My workmates are giving me funny looks...
Robin, Edinburgh
Re the "fishless fish cakes鈥 mentioned in the article on . My sister, who has lactose intolerance, once offered me some of her "dairy-free" ice cream. To which I replied: "So that's ice, then?"
David, Maesteg, South Wales
A Paper Monitor might enjoy...
Sarah, Blyth, UK
How can you tell the first signs of winter? When Paper Monitor starts hankering for a toasted crumpet instead of its usual spring / summer offering of a pain au raisin... anytime now it will be porridge watch II.
Tony Doyle, Holmes Chapel, UK
A toasted crumpet with your morning cuppa? Paper Monitor, are you my Gran?
Jack, Oxford
Re Paper Monitor. It is a truth universally acknowledged that only a girl Monitor would allude to Jane Austen in this way (and the cricket ref was just a red herring).
Pix6, Vienna, Austria
I suspect we are no closer to knowing the sex of Paper Monitor. "Back of the net" is a quotation from Alan Partridge. It is important that you adopt the adenoidal voice whilst quoting and I (demonstrably female) have been known to do precisely that.
Lucy Jones
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