Your Letters
15:30 UK time, Monday, 16 January 2012
"The Wandering Albatross - the world's largest bird" (Paper Monitor) What, bigger than an ostrich? No wonder you wouldn't want one of those around your neck.
Martin, Here
RE: "Twenty top predictions for 2112" I'll believe that when I get the steam-powered butlering device I was promised in 1912. This was supposed to be the future.
Sam, Leeds
OK - can someone please tell me why is Ricky Gervais considered funny? I know that monitorites are noted for their good sense and excellent taste, but perhaps there's a rogue out there who can answer this perplexing question.
Liam, N Ireland
Fi (Friday letters), I was a proper student cheapskate but I never built anything . If you did I think you should be awarded some official kudos!
Michael, Edinburgh, UK
Salad bar stacking maturity levels:
Level 1: Big pile
Level 2: Cucumber slices round the bowl edge and pile it high
Level 3: Cantilevered celery sticks: boiled eggs weigh down the bottom of the celery sticks arranged in a radial star pattern. Then layer ham slices over the celery sticks to form a much bigger bowl. Pile it high, with denser items on the bottom, lighter items on top.
My girlfriend (now wife) and I used to compete at Garfunkels on our dates there whilst students...
Andrew Agerbak, Harrow, Greater London
Can we have a competition whose aim is to find the most ludicrous claimed addiction? I myself am addicted to oxygen and gravity, among other things (such as avoidance of being struck by comets). Can anyone do better?
Nigel Macarthur, London, England
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