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17:08 UK time, Monday, 24 September 2012
I thought that the term 'Draw a line under it' relates to sales and accounting ledgers. Once the days trades were fully reconciled then you drew a line to show it was the end of the day. The line should not be drawn if the columns don't balance and therefore you can only move on to the next day once a line has been drawn.
MCK, Stevenage
Today's Dickens' quote (Sydney Carton on the scaffold) reminds me that I have always wondered why A Tale of Two Cities is not considered a great romantic classic. Surely what Carton does for the woman he loves than standing about brooding in the rain? (I'm generalising, here)
Aine, London
This headline has to be the tongue-twister of the week. Try saying it ten times as fast as you can.
Richard, London
Sorry Jo Penn, Turtle Bunbury is good, but I think that well known 20th century organist Oliphant Chuckerbutty has the edge.
Paul H, Hedon
I saw an instruction on a book today. "Pan Macmillan". So here goes...Blimey, what a rubbish Prime Minister he was! I mean, talk about not up to much! Duly panned, see! Does anyone else see instructions like that around the place, on signs, street names, etc.?
Nigel Macarthur, London, England
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