Your letters
17:10 UK time, Friday, 9 November 2007
Being my usual pedantic self, does not weigh 1kg nor has it ever weighed 1kg. Its mass is the definition of what a 1kg is. You could steal half of it and the definition would be unchanged, although you will have doubled the mass of the universe in return.
John Airey, Peterborough, UK
Is the estimated value of from before they were broken into hundreds of pieces or now that they are repaired.
Stoo, Lancashire, UK
"Brownsea Island was the birthplace of the scouting movement in 1907 and is now owned by the National Trust. Furzey Island is owned by BP" (). Wow - I hadn't realised Scouting's founder had bought one of the neighbouring islands.
Christina, Bath
This is amazing. Not only do I have the fun of the Monitor, I have the fun of Dan Wilkinson's graph. Half-an-hour early today Paper Monitor. You get a gold star, especially on a Friday.
Emma, London
I've often thought a "see results" option on your Daily Mini-Quiz would be a good idea. Sometimes I have no opinion on a poll but am curious as to the results, yet I have to vote in order to see the results. At other times I have already voted and then come back later to see the results yet, it would appear, the only way to view the results is to vote again.
Tony Sibley, Berkshire
Re : the worst duty of an astronaut's wife was when she got the call that one of the men had been killed, and could she please go and sit with the widow and *not* tell her, until the Nasa liaison officer arrived and could tell her officially. Surely one of the hardest things in the world.
Sarah Bowyer, Reading, UK
"Time to find a less cliched cliche" (Your letters, 8 November)? Don't you mean a less clichée cliche? As far as I know "cliche" is now an English word, but if you want an adjective, you still have to borrow from the Surrender Monkeys.
Ben Jones, Kilburn, NW2
Look, just tell us: is the iPhone (stories in the last three days: , , , here and here) forming part of your new advertising? If not, could you please just shut up about it?! I've never seen so much publicity fluff masquerading as news.
Steve Clennell, Burton on Trent, UK
I wonder if Winona Ryder got the part of because she already has the ears?
David, Gateshead
Re Thursday's Quote of the Day: "Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Greenberg, Gormato and Einiger" - weren't they all the firemen in the US remake of Trumpton?Sue Lee, London
There's an MM group on Facebook? At last I have a reason to sign up!
Margaret Grant, Christchurch, NZ
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