Hats off to the England cricketers for their achievements in the Ashes
this summer, which rightly earned Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff BBC Sports
personality of the Year. Winning a two-team tournament against a nation
with a much smaller population once in every ten attempts, then never
shutting up about it makes me proud to be British. Ben Hunt
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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 minds up. John
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'Alton Towers - Where the magic never ends', or so the commercial says.
Imagine my disappointment when it closed at 7.30. Colum Hill
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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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Peter Andre might look smug in all his wedding pictures, but I'd just like to remind him that, as a Playboy reader,
I have seen his wife's m!nge. He hasn't seen my wife's, so who's had the last laugh? P, Leeds
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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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On holiday a few years back, I took part in a quiz and managed to reach the
final only to lose out after what I consider to this day, to be a correct
answer. The question asked 'What 'C' would you associate Jeremy Clarkson
with?' to which I confidently replied 'c**t'. Not only was I told the answer was incorrect,
but I was asked by the holiday rep to leave the premises immediately.
Has anyone else experienced such appalling treatment whilst holidaying with one's family? Noel, Leeds
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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
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I recently bought a fridge freezer from Currys, and after I had paid for it
they asked me for my address to arrange delivery. I told them that I lived
between Gateshead and Hexham, and if they rang me a week next Tuesday
between 8am and 7pm, I night be able to give them a six hour slot when I
would be able to take delivery. When they rang me, I told them that my
house was out of stock and they should ring back on Saturday. The
shoe's on he other foot now, isn't it, Currys? DF Kant
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