Your Letters
Re : I work in an IT department and I've noticed that almost everyone uses their left ear. That could explain why we have a reputation for being totally unhelpful.
Steve, London Docklands
VICTORY DANCE! My first ever 7/7 on the has reassured me that the degree in English Literature was not in vain...
Caroline, Bedford
To the unnamed security guard in : Now that you have left HM Armed Forces you too are a civilian according to the Geneva Convention.
Luke, Edinburgh
Re the brazen bigamist (Paper Monitor). Why not call it perfunctory polyandry? Sounds so much more insidious.
Candace, New Jersey, US
is missing an important safety point. It implies that you are OK in a field of cattle, and only to worry if they start to act "wary". But walkers should never enter a field containing cattle, unless they know for a fact there is no bull in there. It is very easy to mistake a young bullock for a cow, and however fast you can run, a bull can run faster.
Aine, London
Pity that the headlines are not proof read. . Der, don't you mean Time Lord?
Kevin Jackaman, Murray Bridge, South Australia
Monitor note: Oh Kevin. You'll regret this.
Robert MacRae (Tuesday letters), with regards to puns, I thought everyone was just avoiding "the chick's in the post." because it's so obvious.
Euan, Swindon, UK
might be the best rule-of-thumb I've ever heard of. I wonder if there are similar effects for other film stars - do people complain if Jeremy Irons doesn't use a cigarette holder, for example? Or if a Michael Bay movie has a plot? Perhaps Monitorites can suggest other examples...
Dan, Cambridge
Has anyone else noticed there are more "coconut-wheel" Liquorice Allsorts and fewer of the "button" and "twist" types? Is this further evidence of credit crunch creep?
Basil Long, Nottingham
Monitor note: We look forward to researching this particular query.
Are congratulations due to Kat Gregg from Coventry (Tuesday letters)? Was she formerly Kat Murphy?
MCK, Stevenage