Your Letters
Re John Thompson (Monday letters) on God's answerphone. God "cannot speak to you at the moment" because his voice is not for human ears. This certainly doesn't mean that he isn't listening. Signal permitting, of course.
T Hayden, Hertford
Hopefully - but it *is* a crisis situation after all...
Kirsty Nicol, East Lothian, Scotland
Since chimpanzees evidently "plan for future needs", could we employ some as bankers possibly?
Mark, Reading, UK
Pat from Pickering (Monday letters): theatres needn't necessarily be polygonal. A theatre in the round could be, well, round. They would be polyhedral, though, having a floor, a roof, and at least one wall. Unless, of course, you're counting open air theatres.
David, Oxford
To Pat in Pickering. The Globe theatre was not polygonal, it was circular so only had one side.
Claire, Dorset
Why was "My initial thought when I was half awake was, 'it's a lunatic ninja coming through the window'" from never quote of the day?
Matt, Croydon
I arrived at Tuesday's daily mini-quiz reveal before the mini-quiz was even up, thus ruining my one bit of Tuesday quiz fun. Thanks a lot monitor.
Kirsten, Wandsworth, London
Monitor note: We didn't even know that was possible, but don't despair - there's always our