Your Letters
17:31 UK time, Thursday, 24 September 2009
Re Surely someone can obtain the necessary funding to determine why the monkeys "mostly typed the letter S".
Helen, London, Canada
Searching for a may sound frivolous to some, but as someone who does serious medical research for my day job, I suspect that the cheese sandwich formula would contribute more to the sum of human happiness than 99% of the stuff that I do.
Adam, London, UK
The headline is an example of the irritating use of "sleep with" as a euphemism. Could Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ reporters lead the way by not using this phrase? It's inaccurate anyway.
Patrick, Singapore
Strewth, what a coincidence! I was just thinking that must surely be the next episode of Wallander, when I find Emma Drake's wholly proper question in Wednesday's letters.
PS According to Beeb's FAQs, the final three are to be shown over Christmas as a special treat.
Neil Franklin, Chandlers Ford, UK
In fairness to Steven Cheek's school (Quote of the Day), I was reprimanded 16 years ago for instigating the playground game "Tommies and Jerries". (This largely involved two sides attacking each other, each loudly insisting that their opponents were the Germans.) I'd just discovered Biggles books at the time, and my teacher failed to appreciate my detailed explanation of such terms as Boche, Hun, Schweinhund, and Fokker.
Edward Green, London, UK
English place names usually have the stress on the second syllable, do they? (K, Wednesday letters) What about London, Birmingham, Manchester, Nottingham, Leicester, Loughborough, Ipswich, Norwich, Brighton, Bradford, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Sunderland... oh, I'm bored, now. I'll give you Southampton and Carlisle, though.
David Richerby, Leeds, UK
Isn't it a good thing that the caption moderators don't control the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ headlines, otherwise we'd never be able to enjoy .
Simon Rooke, Nottingham UK
It's not exactly an original joke as there was a racehorse born in the 1993 with the same name. It sounds better if you say it with an Irish accent.
Cheryl, Newmarket, UK
My apologies Sue (Wednesday letters). That sounds more like a hangover than a headache.
Martin Hollywood, Luxembourg
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