Your Letters
18:09 UK time, Thursday, 1 July 2010
Paper Monitor, the nearest I can find to a Scottish Wimbledon singles men's champion is Harold Mahoney, champion in 1896. He was Irish, but born in Edinburgh. The 1890s seemed to be a good era for Irishmen at Wimbledon, with wins also for Willoughby Hamilton (1890) and Joshua Pim (1893, 1894). Until 1910, Brits had won all but one of the men's singles. Since 1910 Fred Perry has been the only one to do so.
Tiger Tim, London
Paper Monitor has been fretting lately over Andy Murray's nationality. This is easily cleared up with a visit to the .
Julio Allen, Manchester
Are the writers making a joke when they use an outmoded word like "" to describe something hip?
Phil, Guisborough
From , "...I see a maggot looking back at me and I'm thinking, 'These are anaerobic, flesh-eating larvae..."
As one typically does!
Carl Evans, Crepy-en-Valois, France
Die Hard smells like Christmas.
lolainlondon
Blood, sweat and explosions?
Matthew Peter Wood
I told my colleagues about the and we had a competition to come up with the best branding. The best was "Touch of Willis: A feel of true manhood", just to get the innuendos flowing.
Liam, Northampton
Mark (Wednesday letters), you're forgetting that when driving, you spend considerably less time at junctions than on other parts of the road; hence junctions are proportionally more dangerous. Similarly, fewer than 25% of road users are motorcyclists, but they are involved in 25% of accidents, showing biking to be relatively more dangerous than driving a car.
David T, London, UK
Jo (Wednesday letters) are they very very small or are they very far away?
Jenn, Porthcawl, Bridgend
Jude (Monday letters) marry me! When we go round to my parents for Christmas, the Topics are all left at the bottom of the variety tub. They have become the modern day equivalent of the dreaded coffee creme. Last year there were so many the dog was poorly.
Basil Long, Nottingham
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