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? Fantastico! I see almost limitless opportunities for similar suggestions. I'll make a start with the re-naming of Herman Melville's classic: Moby Richard.
Neil Franklin, Chandlers Ford, UK
who should be taking an interest?
Dan Thomas, London
I must admit it made me chuckle to read the headline "". I do hope you'll use the same formulation in your headline the next time an important announcement is made by the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families.
Adam, London, UK
Don't worry darling, we'll manage.
Sarah, UK
At nine minutes and nine seconds past nine in the morning the time will be: 09:09:09 09/09/09
Tom Ankrom, Sunny Plymouth
How times change. Back in Enid Blyton's 1940s, far from being a teacher's pet, Elizabeth was officially the Naughtiest Girl In The School ().
Helene Parry, South Wales expat to Brentford
I was about to leap to the conclusion that intelligence is the best predictor of popularity in girls, whereas naughtiness is the best indicator of popularity in boys. But then I realised that I was inferring cause and effect from what can only be demonstrated to be a correlation.
(Is this upping my street cred?)
Kat Gregg, Coventry
Re , I don't know about the business implications, but orange and pinky-purple have to be among the worst colour clashes going. How many other colours just don't go with orange?
Simon Robinson, Birmingham, UK
? Let it be, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ - a whole Beatles bank holiday on Radio 2, a Beatles week on TV and now they're seeping into my last refuge of the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳, the Magazine. Please give it a rest - we're not all 60-year-old blokes.
Kate, York
The sculpture of the Ibis bird in is certainly a lot more elegant than the caption. Who wrote it - Ernie Wise?
Bob Peters, Leeds, UK
You've spelt "bottom" wrong in the last paragraph...
Joe Fonebone, London
Monitor note: Which last paragraph?