Your Letters
17:46 UK time, Thursday, 18 December 2008
Why does a need such a large backpack?
Stuart, Croydon
Is an example of a headline for which the passive construction should never be used? Either that, or it's a perfect candidate for a GCSE English question.
Steve Norris, Pennsylvania, Gothenburg, Eastleigh
Please don't let me be the only one who thought the today was a little bit rude...
Ed S, Hong Kong
Please can someone explain the difference between a parent and a co-parent?
(Madonna's divorce settlement statement).
Pix6, Vienna, Austria
I think I can see a bit of a flaw in this plan (). Aren't mobile phones banned in A&E units?
Adam, London, UK
Should Paper Monitor be back at work so soon after being struck down with norovirus? I'm sure the advice is to . God forbid if Caption Competition or Letters catch it and go missing for the rest of the week...
Dan, Cambridge
Monitor note: We barred the doors, so Paper Monitor filed today's instalment from home.
Now I heard there was a certain song
That Cowell made and you sang along
But you don't really know your music, do you?
What follows next:
Leonard Cohen composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
The song was strong, but not well known
Till Buckley came, made it his own,
Helped out by John Cale, who had been peculiar:
He'd cut out the most fervent fits
And only kept the dirty bits
Soon every busker's lips said "Hallelujah".
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Jeff Buckley's fans are grumpy now
While Alex milks their holy cow
But for once you don't hear Cohen moaning, do you?
There's royalties from every try
It doesn't matter whose you buy
When nothing's in the charts but Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
Hugh Trimble, Oxford, UK
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