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16:21 UK time, Friday, 15 May 2009

How about this for a quote? "If you had to meet one of them with big eyes and looking like they don't have any clothes on, me at 78, it would make me go haywire." From an article proving that UFOs recently seen were actually paper lanterns.
Stuart Gardner, Paignton, Devon

In this story the trainee surgeon is "Mr Tom Palser" whereas the butcher is plain old "Joe Brennan". Why the honorific "Mr" for a trainee surgeon, yet none for a (presumably) fully qualified butcher? Subtly veiled snobbery I wonder?
Darren, Edinburgh, Scotland

Mr Malik says he stuck "a million per cent by the rules"... Hmm, not a million and ten percent? Well, I don't mind admitting that I'm a teensy bit disappointed that he didn't go that extra mile.
Sue, London

Shahid Malik is quoted as having said that his claims were "a million per cent" within the rules. Isn't that the problem? He should have limited his claim to 100% of what was due.
Phil, Guisborough

In this story about Google, it says users of its e-mail system lost access for a couple of hours. So what? Are we so addicted to computers we can't cope without them for two hours?
TT, UK

Drunk Girl does get around , doesn't she?
Rick P, Oxford, UK

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