Random Reminder

Press, 30 August 1980, Page 27

Random Reminder

SIR COMMA DASH

A “Press” reader in Waltham does not suffer from the usual trouble of being unable to get her letters to the Editor down from 500 words to the publishable maximum of 150. She suffers from the even more usual trouble to being unable to get past the first couple of sentences. Here is a selection. Any reader wishing to complete and submit a letter as their own is w'elcome. Si r> — I wish to complain most strongly about your editorial today. Words fail me . . . Sir, —If a recent Friday was a day of action” against education cuts, by what criteria would one recognise a day of “inaction”? By . . . Sir, — Not wishing to be mistaken for a blue-jeans-wearing Gay Libber, but equally unwilling to forego my usual comfortable denim for a twin-set and pearls, I . . . Sir,—The way to abolish smog without outlawing the convenient personal motorcar or the cosy comfortable open fire is to . . .

Sir, — Surely the fact that the new “letter rate” charge — two shillings in the old money — is comparable with the old cost of a telegram, while the new telegram rate is comparable with the old weekly wage of a skilled tradesman, indicates that ... Sir,— Although I support the reintroduction of hanging, I do not share the extreme view that the GovernorGeneral should attend all executions. He should n “' , v the more important ones, such as . .« Sir, —Can anyoa. -.uu.it, viewing the pot-holes in Crumble Terrace, that the way to solve unemployment, crime, and overcrowded prisons is to . . . Sir, — During a recent bus strike I telephoned the Transport Board to inform them that I saw through their Communist plotting and that I was challenging them to prosecute me for riding a self-propelled lawn mower into the centre of town. They replied “Good on yer, love, go right ahead,” and I .. .