Your Letters
16:45 UK time, Tuesday, 20 July 2010
"Parasailing donkey stunt sparks probe". Must be the best headline of today. I had to read it! Needed to see whether it was the probe or the electricity that did the worst damage. Ouch!
Fran, Brill, UK
Re: Do typefaces really matter? Yes, they matter a lot. But as with all things, there are people who take it to the extreme.
Darren Rye
No amount of Comic Sans will make the world a happy place.
Ewan Mitchell
I like Comic Sans Bold in red for my Yahoo instant messages! does that put me beyond the typographers' pale?
Francis Stoner
"Mexican smuggled 18 monkeys in his clothes." Are you pleased to see me, or is that just a monkey in your pocket?
JennyT, NY Brit
Could Colchester not have found someone else? I'll happily sit in a boat in some choppy waters for a chance of some first rate oysters. I'll admit I'm not a Councillor in Colchester, but I think I'd do well against Ms Lewis if it came to an election.
Bas, London
Re: Will chocolate prices rocket at Christmas? I'm going to have to stock up!! That'll be hard, because when I've got some in the house, I just want to eat it!
Judi Regan
Re Tag/Tig (Monday's letters): When I was at school in a leafy NW London suburb, we called it 'Had'. Most of the people I was at university with (mainly midlanders) call it 'It', but the kids in my Scout group in Nottingham call it 'Dobby'. Take your pick!
Mike, Nottingham
Phil, Guisborough (Monday's letters):: I grew up in Grimsby and we had several variations but it was always TIGGY. In tiggy off ground you had to be off the ground to be safe from being tigged. There was also tiggy-bob-down whose rules escape me but was similar. No matter which variant you always said "you're it" but that was not the name of the game.
Greg, Dallas TX
Phil, (Monday's letters): when I was growing up it was called "chasies" although there was a saying that went "Oh go play tig with the buses" which you said to someone who was getting on your nerves.
Lauren, Taunton
Phil from Guisborough (Monday's letters), it was always called "tick" when I was growing up.
Paddy, Liverpool
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