Thursday’s top three stories involved men who fail to tell the truth and ultimately come unstuck. Is this a “man thing”? This morning I asked my husband if he had brought the recycling bins in (I wasn’t sure if those outside belonged to our neighbour). Thirty seconds of bickering ensued: “Go and have a look.”“Can’t you see I’m busy?” “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Until, finally, “DID. YOU. BRING. THE. BINS. IN?” “No, not yet.” I think he was hoping Sue Gray would come along and rescue him.
Julia Greenwood
Brighton
• Could I suggest to the compiler of Wednesday’s quick crossword that a senior moment is not a “momentary lapse of memory by those of certain age” (No 16,125, 12 January). That is simply forgetting, and can happen at any age. Surely a senior moment is a flash of insight that could only occur to someone with considerable life experience?
Mary Brown
Stroud, Gloucestershire
• My favourite mishearing (Letters, 11 January) comes from Baby Grumpling in The Perishers some 60 years ago with his cross-eyed teddy bear named Gladly, so called after the hymn “Gladly, my cross-eyed bear”.
Bob Waring
Southport, Merseyside
• A windfall tax on the fast-lane PPE contracts would be the best way to level up (Lords watchdog assesses complaint against Michelle Mone over PPE firm, 11 January).
Catherine Dunn
St Andrews, Fife
• I wonder if a letter addressed to “The Liar, London” would find its way to No 10 (Letters, 12 January)?
Pete Bibby
Sheffield
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