Your Letters
15:48 UK time, Thursday, 28 June 2007
Posties looked neater in their what may seem old fashioned , as did bus drivers, clippies, tube staff, parking wardens, park keepers - the list goes on. Seems nowadays anyone can put on a high-visability vest and that counts as a uniform. Uniforms command respect from the public and pride from the wearer, and there's not much of that around nowadays.
Jamie, London
Not that I'd encourage binge drinking or owt, but would anyone else care to play The Gordon Brown's Drinking Game (TM). The rules are simple, every time our new PM mentions Britain you knock back a shot. Critics may claim this is him trying too hard, but I (for one) am too pissed to care for now.
Bottoms up!
Duncan Hoffmann, Sheffield, UK
"What has caused June's devastating ?" asks the Q+A. Well, call it a hunch, but I'm guessing 'lots of rain'.
Mike Harper, Devon, UK
Anyone else depressed that the top five most popular stories includes " announcement imminent". Are there really only four more stories that are more interesting than "ex pop stars to say something soon"?
Vicky Stiles, Prague, CR
Dear L, I've just had my wisdom teeth pulled out. Can you get your stepmother to send me £40 pliz?
Samantha David, France
Regarding "" - so the Queen managed to accept the resignation of one prime minister, appoint a new one AND send a message to the flood victims all in the space of just over an hour? An impressively busy afternoon for someone in her 80s... good on you, Ma'am!
Rob, Cambridge
Maybe Merriam Webster (quoted in the Wikipedia entry for "myriad") might help Ms. Hill relax... MW says it's "a mistaken belief that the word was originally and is still properly only an adjective" and ends by saying that there's no reason to avoid using it as such. And in case Meriam Webster doesn't cut it in Hove, I'll just pop home and see what the OED has to say on the subject...
Nigel Brachi, Edmonton, Alberta
Were any other fans of lock devices disappointed to find that "Recognition for collections" referred to fisheries, lighthouses and trains?
Norbert, Scotland
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