Your Letters
16:05 UK time, Wednesday, 28 March 2007
Re years ago when I lived in London and regularly had a drink or two after work, I sat, side-saddle style, on the escalator handrail and slid down - much like you would on a banister. I remember gaining a lot of speed and would have been fine except for hitting the raised sign at the bottom which from memory says "Stand on the right, dogs must be carried". I flew through the air and crashed spectacularly, breaking my watch and ending up with a bruise the size and colour of a pizza on my upper thigh. The follies of youth.
Joe, Somerset
Sorry, but the escalators at Angel station are three feet shorter than those on the Tyne Pedestrian Tunnel between Jarrow and Howdon. These are also the longest wooden escalators in the world.
John Airey, Peterborough, UK
Scientists claim to have produced a by cooking it for longer at higher temperatures. That sounds like my recipe for a burnt offering... perhaps it's healthier because you eat less?
QJ, Stafford, UK
I'm not sure I camembert to watch the .
Judy Cabbages, Peebles, Scotland
Re Caroline’s answer to the triangular sandwich debate (Tuesday's letters) - I thought it was hip to be square?
Kirk Northrop, Manchester, England
Paper Monitor, is saying "Your fired" a bit like saying "Your mum"?
Bridget, Slough, UK
Monitor note: Yes.
It strikes me as somewhat odd that can think that Casino Royale, a British film, is the best film this year, but not the best British film. That honour went to United 93. Can anyone think of a reason how this is possible? (That the best film is not also the best British film, when it is in fact British, that is...)
Keith, Loughborough
After Lucy's disappointment yesterday with the dog-sized toad picture (Tuesday's letters), she can take heart with the story of the . That IS an enlarged image.
Stoo, Lancashire, UK
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