Your Letters
17:54 UK time, Thursday, 4 March 2010
How strange that computers should find it . I wonder if they've really tried the tricky stuff? You know, the sort of conversation that goes: Him: "What's wrong?" Her: "Nothing".
Adam, London, UK
So is ungoogleable? Presumably now that article's been posted, it isn't any more...
Ian Oliver, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, UK
Re , could you please refer to them as Todo lists instead of To Do lists? For years I have single handedly tried to get this new word into the English language to take its place next to redo and undo.
Howard Gees, Nottingham
Although I appreciate Sir Bob Geldof has a lot of valid things to say, I can't help but playing "guess-the-swear-word" every time I read a .
Rachel, Minnetonka
Re unfortunate names, until a few years ago when my namesake sadly died I still had to say "no not THE Alan Ball" on the phone a lot. I once met a fellow called Johnny Giles. Also I worked at the British High Commission here when England were bidding for the world cup. We were due a visit by the real Bobby Charlton - they wanted to introduce me (it didn't happen though).
Alan Ball, Wellington, NZ
Paper Monitor asked for scenarios onto which a newspaper could shoehorn the headline "Man Dog Bites". If you will allow the minor addition of a hyphen, a story concerning a recent spate of werewolf attacks could certainly be headlined "Man-Dog Bites". That's about as close as I can get. (For more, see Wednesday letters.)
Daniel Marr
... or reporting a hippie's reaction, having been bitten repeatedly, exclaiming to his doctor.
Anne R, Fareham, UK
Mike Randall (Wednesday letters) wins the prize for most scary photo slipped surreptitiously into a web link.
Tommy Scragend, Wigan
Paper Monitor I think the Independant means that there is no other pull-out section called life, so it is indeed unrivalled.
Barry Smithers, London, UK
Paper Monitor may be interested to glance at the G2 feature on a . In the text, she admits to reading any old pap. But the accompanying photo is not of the "detective stories, romances, horror, sci fi" she picks up from Oxfam, but weighty, worthy tomes by Amis, Rushdie, Burgess...
Emily Milton, Blackburn
Dear Monitor,
Is Web Monitor feeling OK? I'm beginning to worry about his/her long absence. I do hope all is well, and that Web Monitor will be back with us soon.
Lots of love,
Alexandra, Cambridge, UK
Monitor note: Web Monitor is on hols, taking a sunshine break. Young 'uns today, they never write...
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