Your Letters
16:03 UK time, Wednesday, 4 June 2008
Is it me or is the coverage, both British and German, of the holidaymaker twisting the facts to make it more tub thumping? I holiday in Turkey in a small town where most of the rest of the tourists are German, we keep going back there and have met some lovely people. However if I had booked a holiday through a UK company with lots of activities included - and then found out those activities weren't open to me because they were in a different language - I'd think about asking for some of my money back too.
Lee, Manchester
So is costing the economy £9bn? That's a pretty big number - I wonder who worked it out?
Pix2x3, Vienna, Austria
If a=1 and b=1 then:
a^2 -b^2 =0, and
a^2 - ab =0, therefore:
a^2 - ab =a^2 -b^2, factorising:
a(a-b)=(a+b)(a-b), dividing by (a-b):
a=a+b
1=2
You have to love maths...
Edd, Cardiff
Today's talks about people breaking INTO prisons. I'm guessing that this is a criminal offence (unlawful entry), but the mind boggles as to how you punish it: "Right, this is your third attempt at getting into prison and so we are going to have to impose a custodial sentence this time and ... what are you smiling at?"
Christian Cook, Epsom, UK
Must be a quiet news day if the headline filling almost half my screen is about a man claiming to have won a competition which, if he has, will entitle him to enter another competition ().
David, Romford, UK
"The first in a, hopefully short, series about what Magazine readers do when they're not reading the Magazine." Hopefully short? Hmph! Am I to take it our meandering non-media based lives are effectively meaningless when compared to the glitzy, high-falutin' existence of your average monitor of papers? I would be offended if it were not for my easy-going nature. Unfortunately for you, I spent this weekend performing an impromptu cancan with the embattled remnants of Blazin' Squad and former Secretary General of the UN, Kofi Annan, atop the greatest peak of them all, Everest. I have, of course, a multitude of high-definition photographs, but shall now be withholding them as a matter of principle.
Dylan, Reading, UK
Monitor note: That's a shame.
I think Eleanor Chalkley should worry more about Terry Wogan suing her - she's made him look like Ricky Gervais.
John R, London
On a recent stag do in Norfolk, we spent some time one afternoon in an "alcohol restricted area" of a park (). We thought this might scupper our plans somewhat until we read the sign: "You may be liable to prosecution if you continue to consume alcohol in this area when asked by a police officer to stop." This struck as a such a sensible idea. We weren't hideously drunk - that came later - just having a drink in a quiet park on a Friday afternoon. Harmless.
Luke L, Woking, UK
David Richerby might like to know that public drunkenness is already illegal (under section 12 of the Licensing Act 1872). The law is just never enforced.
Peter, London
Does anyone else think it's funny that there is an article about the in an online news source?
Rachael, San Francisco, CA, US
Ah, the power of the ellipsis. If you'd put in the full quote, QJ in Stafford (Tuesday letters), it makes perfect sense. "The content became broader... [AND SHALLOWER], with a more restricted... [AND LESS DEMANDING] syllabus". I predict a lucrative career in editing reviews for film posters. And haven't I read some of your academic papers? I particularly enjoyed "Study backs up... my results."
Adam, Belfast, UK
Feadon Farm in Portreath must have flipping big enclosures if is soaring at heights of up to 70ft and yet can never be released into the wild. I hadn't realised 70ft up was still captivity.
Aqua Suliser, Bath
Definitive evidence of the ?
SH, Oxford
Dear Magazine, your article on has made me very upset - all these years I thought I was an efficient multi-tasker when actually I've been pottering all along.
Emma Daw, Rockville, MD, US
I'm Mourinho.
Andrew Burnip, Newcastle
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