Your Letters
16:05 UK time, Monday, 26 May 2008
I am 70 and I've carried a knife since I was a child. When I was at school we used to take our sheath knives to show of with. There was always some lad who'd got the latest staghorn-handled knife. I always favoured a Jack knife, I still do and I still carry one. Men of my generation do and no silly law will stop us it's NOT a weapon but a useful tool.
Tony Francis, Derbyshire
Rob (Your Letters, Thursday), as much as I confess to being something of a fascist where grammar is concerned, the telemarketer who asked you "is now a good time to talk to yourself?" might just have wanted your input. Is now a good time to talk to myself? Why, yes, I think it is!
Gina, Finchley
Re: . Bit sad that I know this but it's actually no longer legal to de-scent skunks for cosmetic reasons, only medical reasons, even since the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and associated Mutilations (Permitted Procedures) (England) Regulation 2007 came into force in April 2007.
Helen , Reading, Uk
Re the child up for sale on eBay (Monday's Quote of the Day)? No wonder alarms were raised, they should have put the auction up on eBabies. ...Hmmm, that pun works much better spoken. Bugger.
Jonathan Cresswell, Badingham, Suffolk
Dear ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ and Sir Terry Wogan. My name is Patrick and i am 12 3/4 years old and a very big fan of the Eurovision song contest. I am fed up of the political voting in the Eurovision song contest. I am very annoyed about it. I think the EBU should do something like 50% of viewer's vote's are added by 50% of a jury to make it fair. Please let me know if you think it's a good idea or not a good idea.
Yours sincerley P.J. Lavery.
Patrick, Bracknell, UK
I found the new rules to the new Caption Competition almost as funny as the captions - sorry Simon from Nottingham.
Phil, Cambridge
According to "10 things..." 27% of people have opened a bottle with their teeth. I'd be interested to know what percentage of those have had to have remedial dental work as a result. Unfortunately, I can count myself amongst them, it was a screw cap.
Rob, Bristol
Re , 275 000 can't be a "historic low" for the British Jewish population - what about when ?
Sonia, London
I am the only person to have looked at this week's link to 10 things, and the picture of coloured pens (right), and mis-read the caption underneath as "Skunks can be de-scented to make better pens"? I was about to vow never to use a pen again...
Penelope Friday, Canterbury, Kent
Re . For what I don't doubt is an entirely candid photo, this does look fantastically cheesy and insincere - a bit like one of those 'freeze frame' scenes at the end of Police Squad. Brilliant.
Sue, London
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