Your Letters
Paul from Cornwall (Tuesday letters), after the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) comes the BGT - Bloody Great Telescope - which starts with a B.
Rusty, Montreal, Canada
It's the overwhelmingly large telescope (OWL). Yes, really. Acronymnal determinism?
Steve-o, Sheffield
Paul I of Cornwall, according to my email in tray, huge comes next.
Alan, Stockport, UK
I can't say that this woman seemed to me to be in much danger of being hit by a train. That red car, yes, but not a train.
Sue, London
How very disappointing. I expected Placido Domingo takes piracy role to be about Gilbert & Sullivan.
Heather Simmons, Macomb, Michigan, USA
I hate to sound somewhat naive, but what is a "dry diving area"? It sounds somewhat painful.
Basil Long, Nottingham
Anyone else alarmed at the thought of a "dry diving area" at the Olympic aquatic centre?
Libby, Coleford, Somerset
Will Self has apparently claimed that Londoners will perceive the Olympic Games in 2012 as "elitist, exclusive and stupefying". Perhaps I'm missing something, but isn't that the whole point?
Fi, Gloucestershire, UK
Is the national anthem too short? It's not short enough for me! I'm with Billy Connolly - let's have the theme to The Archers instead: "Someone's got tae save the Queen and God's the man tae dooo-it..."
Sue, London
What does a cheese say when it sees itself in a mirror? Halloumi!
Tom Webb, Surbiton, UK
How is it that she has a loan when her mother won $15m 20 years ago and $160k four years ago?!
Judith, Weybridge