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15:42 UK time, Friday, 1 June 2007

A bumper crop to make up for yesterday's non-appearance. The human behind the "human error" has been duly punished.

In your story on the , you mention that it "aims to do for civil liberties what Fahrenheit 9/11... did for the anti-war movement". This film was, in many circles, credited with boosting President Bush's approval rating and ensuring a second term due to the backlash against criticism of one's own country. I doubt it will do that for Blair and would be surprised it that was its aim.
Andy, London

Can we start a competition for the best comment that we don't fully understand from a judge please? My entry is "If by perseverance, the snail could reach the Ark, why can't these worthy ladies stand on and turn the scale" from the . Do I win?
James Carter, Manningtree, UK

Is it just me, or do others have problems reading headlines? I'm confused for the second time this week, and thought this () meant there was more risk in their lower regions for coffee-drinkers.
Sarah, Edinburgh

You report that tinted windows are used by the "". But glass blocks most of the UV light. You can't get burnt if the windows are wound up.
Stephen Turner, Cambridge, UK

Paper Monitor, Metro also makes me do things I wouldn't normally do... I wouldn't normally pick up a used and discarded item (i.e. said paper) from the floor of the bus and put it in my bag for later.
Sarah, Edinburgh

Paper Monitor didn't take long to succumb to the lure of Big Brother then. What hope have the rest of us got?
Elaine, Newcastle
Monitor note: Paper Monitor simply saw coverage of the show. So to speak.

I invented circular sudoku in 2005 and my daughter Caroline provided the particular set of puzzles that have recently started in the Times. The early puzzles in the Sunday Telegraph had no hole in the middle and so were hard to read. Later we punched a hole in the centre and the Times filled it with the Earth to give the twist of Planet Sudoku. Yet a handheld game that has won awards gives no official acknowledgement to either me or Essex University Mathematics Dept, which is where it comes from.
Peter Higgins, Colchester

Forget the whole Tinky Winky debacle, by the looks of the they are planning to turn the whole of Europe into a giant paddling pool. Just look at the banner at the top.
Christian Cook, Epsom, UK

Re , may I, notwithstanding all the scientific drivel, suggest that it is easier and quicker in our general environment? This how we were made.
Jeremy, Johannesburg, South Africa

In , the teachers say they "don't have a problem with children bringing weapons into school" - surely far too liberal?
Ed S, New York, US

To answer Pascal's question about the time travellers' convention (Friday letters): it was held at MIT, US, on 7 May 2005.
Alex, Prague, Czech Republic

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