Your Letters
What's the word for that mild self-loathing you feel when you click on a story in the most popular list that you usually wouldn't read, purely to see what all the fuss is about? Internet Peer Pressure? I'll get my (sheep) coat.
Catherine Hall, Angel, London
Let me guess - loudest trousers?
Rusty, Montreal, Quebec
Paper Monitor is supposed to report the puns, not make them.
Alexander Lewis Jones, Nottingham, UK
If Britain were Greece... "If UK was (sic) like Greece how bad would it be?" Well, at least it would be a bit hotter here than it is now, so we'd save on heating. And we'd get to keep the Elgin Marbles.
Rob Falconer, Llandough, Wales
Raspberry Pi goes on general sale - Mmm! Dollop of ice cream, anyone?
Fi, Gloucestershire, UK
Re: Tim of London (Tuesday's letters), where does he get the figure of 17.9 tonnes from? I think the (unladen) weight is more like 11.5 tonnes, only 4 tonnes more than the smaller, old Routemaster.
HB, London
Pjm (Tuesday's letters): My role is an entirely voluntary one and not linked to any other organisation. I am therefore not required to quote measurements in either imperial or metric standards. I do so only for those who still struggle with a purely comparative system. For the benefit of several correspondents, I shall henceforth adopt the new title below.
Ray Lashley, Independent Guardian of Monitor Weights and Measures