Your Letters
15:51 UK time, Wednesday, 13 May 2009
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Rick P, Oxford, UK
Is agent really called Athole Still? I'd love to know how it's pronounced.
Neil Franklin, Chandlers Ford, UK
Re hand washing and opening doors (Tuesday letters), the recommended way to open doors after washing your hands is to use the paper towel you used to dry your hands to turn the knob. Unfortunately, many public places are now using blowdryers for hands, so I just grab some extra toilet paper.
Renee, New York, US
Many of us either a) use the paper towel we wiped our hands with to open the door, then discard the towel in a bin, or b) carry an alcohol gel hand cleaner (the sort you get in hospitals) and reclean our hands after leaving.
Naomi, Sunny Sussex, UK
Opening the toilet door should be the least of your worries. Concern yourself more with the contamination on every coin and note handled by countless people every day, with varying diseases, viruses, and general dirt. That said, I've not heard any reports of death by toilet-door germ or money handling recently. You probably shouldn't worry about it too much.
Eric, Bristol
I once saw someone come out of a cubicle, NOT wash their hands but go straight to the hand dryer.
Basil Long, Nottingham
How much do you value our letters? You've not updated your "" page since 2003. I feel unloved.
James Rouse, Southampton
Danny (Tuesday letters), regarding what to say when someone coughs: My grandfather always used to say "Cough it up, it might be a gold watch". It's one of those random sayings that has passed down the generations and we continue to use it.
Sarah, Uxbridge, UK
My first thought when I saw was why on earth are MPs worried about pub quiz nights.
Jeremy, Aylesbury UK
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