*Letters to the editor*
Could the Home Secretary explain to me how biometric checks on iris
Patterns and fingerprints are going to help keep tabs on Muslim cleric
Abu Hamsa.
//Les Barnsley //
The government tells us that we are eating too many pies and dying of
heart disease, then in the next breath they're telling us we are living
too long and there'll be no more pension money left for us. I wish
they'd make their bloody minds up.
//John//
** 'Alton Towers - Where the magic never ends', or so the commercial says.
Imagine my disappointment when it closed at 7.30.
//Colum Hill //
I am married to a Taiwanese lady, and people often ask me if she was
a mail-order bride. I find this very insensitive. The Royal Mail lose
around
2 million letters and parcels each year, and to suggest that I would
trust the delivery of my wife to them is insulting in the extreme. She
was sent by DHL next day delivery.
//L Palmer, London //
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**The record companies would have us believe that the money made by CD
Pirates goes to fund the drug industry. But the money rock stars make
from legal record sales ends up in exactly the same place. When they
stop breaking the law, so will I.
//P Boddington, Ringway //
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**It really annoys me to see these suicide bombers blowing up people as
well as themselves. In my day, suicide was done in a more dignified way,
such as slicing your wrists in the bath, or hanging yourself from a door
with a belt.
//Paul Mulraney, Belfast //
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My friend's mum recently pointed out that I have the same ironing board
cover as her. Can anyone think of a more mundane and pointless remark to
make than this?
//Alun Daniel //
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I'LL never understand my neighbour. He has recently started
wheel-clamping his own caravan when he finds he has inadvertently parked
it in his own drive! I wonder if he is a sadist, a masochist or both.
//Alan Thakray//
Did anyone else feel that Mel Gibson's remake of the classic Life of
Brian wasn't anywhere near as funny as the original?
//Anon //
On the BBC website, I read with interest that some scientists in
Australia have discovered the smallest fish known to exist. They've
obviously never been to the Britannia Chippy on the Gloucester Road .
//Alan J., London //
Hats off to the American police. They arrive at Michael Jackson's
Neverland ranch to arrest him a mere six months after he admits climbing
into bed with young boys on worldwide TV. Perhaps they should get some
faster cars.
//T Barnham, London //
HOW come rap artist Dr. Dre can use the 'N' word on his
multi-million selling albums and win a MOBO award, yet when I used it at
my son's football match I was asked to leave the park? Once again, it's
one law for the rich and another for the poor.
//Reg Ashcroft, Bradford //
The government says that there are nearly 50,000 people with HIV in
Britain , a third of whom do not even know that they have it. Is it just
me, or is it a bit harsh that the government know and haven't told the
poor sods?
//John Campbell, e-mail //
Never mind ventriloquists like Keith Harris and Roger DeCourcey.
What about Professor Stephen Hawking? I saw him on telly blathering on
about galaxies for hours and I never saw his lips move once. Genius.
//Mike Woods, e-mail //
With reference to that series "Manhunt" where ex-Special Forces
soldiers try to hunt down Andy McNab. Why don't the producers include a
couple of Iraqis in the hunting team? They found the tw*t quickly enough
the last time he played hide and seek with them.
//Shuggie, Email //
**Hats off to the witty burglars who stole my entire CD collection with
the exception of "There is Nothing Left to Lose" by the Foo Fighters. I
hope that when sentencing, the judge takes into account their splendid
sense of humour.
//Chris Scaife, Jesmond //
I see on the news that Lord Hutton says he is "satisfied that David
Kelly took his own life". He may not have liked Dr. Kelly that much, but
isn't this taking gloating just a little too far?
//Dave Owen, Edinburgh //
I was extremely saddened to hear of Richard Whiteley's recent death.
But I was cheered to imagine his life support machine making the famous
Countdown "da-da, da-da, da-da-da-da! Booo!" sound as he took his
final breaths.
//Tripod //
I never worry about the destination when I'm going on holiday. My
dad is Iranian and my mum is Irish, so I spend most of the time in customs.
//Stan //
**What's all this nonsense about that 66-year-old Romanian woman being
the world's oldest mum? My mum's 77. Beat that.
//Thomas J
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/Hopefully this brings a few smiles on a cold day/
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK/
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