Your Letters
15:23 UK time, Friday, 20 May 2011
I really hope the barman asked: "Why the long face?"
Tommy Scragend, Wigan
Call me crazy, but isn't it just remotely possible that Princess Beatrice looks like Queen Victoria because they are related?
John Whapshott, Westbury, England
It's clearly friday afternoon and time to go home. I read this (London 2012: One million bid for Olympics 100m tickets) as 1 million bid for 100 million tickets and thought the uptake had been a bit slow.
Sarah, Basel, Switzerland
Can we reasonably assume that this resulted in slow mooving traffic?
Sue, London
Just to let everyone know... I can't bear the thought of seeing the world end, so I'll be going away for the weekend.
Graham, Purmerend
Dear Monitor, I hadn't realised that the end was quite so nigh, but stiff upper lip and all that and suppress the emotional stuff for the minute. I've hired an Aston Martin for the weekend, we'll drive to the coast where there's a rental yacht waiting stuffed full of champers, pork scratchings and a hand picked crew you'll be very happy with! I've sold my car and my house and I've maxed my credit cards, but we'll be in Monaco by daybreak and we can hit the casinos with my cash and your expense account. I've emailed your boss at the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳, told him a few home truths and saved you the bother of resigning - you're already sacked. It may be the last day but it'll be great!
Richard Martin, Doncaster, UK
Monitor note: What expense account?
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