Your Letters
15:17 UK time, Tuesday, 5 January 2010
- would you trust security to someone whose spelling is so bad?
Liz, Belfast
Is David Cameron releasing his greatest hits album (re photo, right)?
Dylan, Reading, UK
Yep. Saw an old bloke clip a pedestrian the other day. Must have been doing 15-20 mph on a crowded pavement.
woodchopper
Re the , just in case someone hasn't already complained...
Monitor note: While on the subject, apologies for the technical gremlins which plagued this and other offerings.
The picture of the Queen in Wills defends the Queen shows her with flowers in her left hand. OK. Not unusual for Her Majesty. But there are two bananas in her right hand. Why? Healthy mid-morning snack?
Adam, London
Monitor note: To make banana cake? Those look awfully ripe.
Re Rob Falconer's letter and "Hole of a town. Everyone is pregnant. No Starbucks. Hoodies dominate the streets". I knew he wasn't talking about Croydon, as we have three Starbucks.
Michael Hall, Croydon, UK
Am I the only one who would cite the absence of a Starbucks as a positive?
Sue, London
My local supermarket has Christmas candy on its shelves, with a note saying "Before you know it it's Christmas again" (Easter Eggwatch in past letters). This must be the earliest sign of Christmas 2010 in any shop.
Johan van Slooten, Urk, The Netherlands
Alan (Monday letters), the collective term for bankers is "wunch". That should help.
Adrian Fowell, Douglas, Isle of Man
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