Your Letters
17:38 UK time, Thursday, 15 March 2007
Blue Peter "cursed"? The tabloids have gone to town, as you might expect. Though I was a bit shocked to hear one commentator say the programme was cursed. They cited examples - one snorting white powder; one having appeared in a blue movie; and an elephant weeing in a live TV studio. Anyway, to call three or four incidents, spread over three or four decades, "cursed" is a bit much.
Lee, Peterlee
On my way into work this morning, I read the headline "some sex, an asthmatic donkey and a tribunal" over somebody's shoulder. Can Paper Monitor - or anyone else - shed some light on this story?
Jayne, London
Like many I suspect, I owe my level of sophistication as regards colour palettes to the names of Crayola crayons. As a 27-year-old I can easily identify burnt sienna (as mentioned in Tuesday's Paper Monitor), teal and even raw umber. Crayola moves with the times however, and I now find my younger family members colouring with "Inch Worm" and "Jazzberry Jam".
K Walker, Runcorn, UK
I notice that the article on the claims that the species "can grow as large as small panthers". Since panthers are not, in my part of the world at least, common household pets, I have little idea of what constitutes a small, or even a large panther. Could someone convert this measurement into something more useful and let me know?
Jacob, London
Regarding Martin from Stevenage and companies training skilled workers (Wednesday letters). Unfortunately in the modern day, neither companies or workers have the commitment to each other that they used to. Workers move on when trained, and companies have no loyalty to staff who are just a number.
Paul Harrison, Cambridge, England
PJ asks about how to tell men and women apart, by asking "front or back" (Wednesday letters). Do the sexes have different anatomy at the back then?
Simon, Embra
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