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It's bad enough trying to cope here with no loo paper in the shops and no fresh fruit and veg, but the thought that my English friends and relatives will not be able to bail me out with proper marmalade when they visit (it's the only thing I ask for) is TOO MUCH. All they can make here is orange Jam. BTW, don't send loo rolls, PM, I've found a use for Jeffrey Archer novels.
Susan.Thomas, Brisbane, Australia

Regarding new ways to eat marmalade, what about old ways? My mother used to eat it with kippers. There's a breakfast treat that everybody's forgotten about.
Graham, Purmerend

Paper Monitor puts me in mind of the day I came back in from lunch eulogising about the handmade scotch egg I had just wolfed down from a certain posh bakery in St Pancras Station. That time was about 10 minutes ago after reading PM's column and, if your interested, the bakery is...
Rob, London

Can I be the first to ask "What? No George or Ringo?"
Rob, London, UK

Sue (Thursday's letters), it's not a pointless acronym, it's a pointless abbreviation. An acronym is a word formed from an abbreviation (eg 'radar', 'laser').
Patrick, London, UK

I was going to write a letter pointing out to Sue from London (Thursday's letters) that the TLA in that case was in fact an abbreviation rather than an acronym, but then I thought I'm sure I can rely on many other Monitor readers to provide that little bit of pedantry, so I decided not to bother.
Adam, London, UK

Is there a word for that certain feeling of relief you get when you notice the horrible number on your electricity bill has a minus sign on the front of it and is actually a rather nice number?
Ian, Redditch

I must be having a good karma day, found a tenner I didn't know I had, got a perfect score on the Magazine's quiz of the week's news on my first try for the first time and found I had my first published letter! (Thursday's letters)
Catherine, Windsor, UK

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