Your Letters
15:49 UK time, Thursday, 29 April 2010
I couldn't think of a more suitable amount for a fine - £666 () - a magistrate with a sense of humour.
Paul I, St G, Cornwall
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Phil, Guisborough
To what is Paper Monitor predisposed? Malaproposition, perhaps?
David, Romford
Pope-gate, Peppa Pig-Gate, Bigot-Gate... I wonder what "gate" it will be today?
Luisa, Frome
In response to Gillian Duffy's question: Umm... Eastern Europe?
Jonny, Belfast
. And here was me hoping to see Eammon in a wig...
Aaron, Bath, UK
MCK from Stevenage (Wednesday letters) - I agree totally, it's your birthday so why should you buy the cakes? Surely your colleagues should all chip in and buy them. What next, we have to buy our own cards and presents?
Andrew Marsden, Cullompton, Devon
I'll join your protest! There's so many people in my office it takes £20 to buy cakes for them all - especially as they only want best, fresh cakes. That's £20 I could have spent on me on my birthday! Plus, as I'm seriously gluten-intolerant, I cannot eat the cakes other people bring in on their birthday. So no more cakes from me!
Nona, London
But, but, cake days are amazing! You only have to provide them on your own birthday, and in return you get to eat them throughout the year. It's a price well worth paying. If you don't like bringing cake because you're dieting and can't eat any yourself, maybe you could bring a selection of yummy fruit instead. You can eat healthily and join in with everyone else, and it might drop a hint for other people to provide a non-fatty option when it's their turn. Or you could change jobs and never mention your birthday. If you get questioned, deny that you have one.
Happy birthday, by the way.
Alexandra, Cambridge, UK
MCK, it's my birthday today. My colleagues bought me a packet of jelly snakes, which I shared with the team. Another colleague gave me a creme egg. Yet another gave me a small cake. I think you need to work in NZ.
Margaret, Christchurch, NZ
I wholeheartedly stand with MCK. The rest of the office should buy you a cake when it's your birthday (PS, it's my birthday next week, and chocolate is my favourite)...
Jane, Chester
Would that be a cake stand?
Fee Lock, Hastings, East Sussex
Sorry, DJH of Reedsburg, WI, USA, who complains about British actors making a poor fist of American accents (Wednesday letters). All we have to say is "Dick Van Dyke" and "Mary Poppins".
J Paul Murdock, Wall Heath, West Midlands, UK
Helen says she'll work for free (Wednesday letters). That's great news. I've got a huge pile of ironing to do and the lawns haven't been mowed since September. What time can I expect you?
Clare, Luton
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