Is anything truly incredible?
The fact that we have beaten incredible odds and are here on Earth.
Rhys Winterburn, Perth, Western Australia
• Yes, the potholes around here.
Bernard Galton, St-Nazaire-sur-Charente, France
• No, somewhere out there someone believes something you think is incredible.
Pat Phillips, Adelaide, South Australia
• Yes, to be alive and to be conscious of that fact.
Stuart Williams, Lilongwe, Malawi
• My long list includes: Noah’s age at the time of the flood, eternity, infinity, the concept of a deity, and the result of the last US presidential election.
Nicholas Houghton, Folkestone, UK
• Both sceptics and believers would find it incredible that anyone should ask.
Edward P Wolfers, Austinmer, NSW, Australia
• You’d better believe it.
David Isaacs, Sydney, Australia
• The lunar rocks brought back to Earth by the astronauts are incredibly far-fetched.
David Tucker, Halle, Germany
• Only a True Believer believes it can’t be true.
Adrian Cooper, Queens Park, NSW, Australia
A pedant, without friends
What sort of person squares up picture frames in other people’s houses?
A handyman with a laser square.
Jenefer Warwick James, Paddington, NSW, Australia
• Those people who are trying to locate the safe. Mine looks like a cocktail cabinet.
Roger Morrell, Perth, Western Australia
• The nervous sort.
R De Braganza, Kilifi, Kenya
• A fusspot.
Richard Orlando, Westmount, Quebec, Canada
• A pedant with a true eye, but probably not a lot of friends.
John Benseman, Auckland, New Zealand
• Be understanding: it could be a person with asymmetrical phobia; we don’t want them having a panic attack.
Marilyn Hamilton, Perth, Western Australia
• Me, when no one is watching.
Sue Dyer, Downer, ACT, Australia
• Busybodies.
Lawrie Bradly, Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia
• An insufferable perfectionist.
Philip Stigger, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
• A friend?
Avril Taylor, Dundas, Ontario, Canada
A gigantic nap afterwards
Is there anything better than the sleep of the just?
Having eaten many huge American Thanksgiving Day meals, nothing beats the sleep of the just after.
John Geffroy, Las Vegas, New Mexico, US
• The vigilance of the just.
David Turner, Bellevue Heights, South Australia
• Yes: the sleep of the just knackered.
Jim Dewar, Gosford, NSW, Australia
• According to the old rhyme, the unjust has the just’s umbrella, and on a similar principle the unjust may sleep better (and dryer) than the just.
Joan Dawson, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Any answers?
What privileges are badly behaved citizens entitled to?
R De Braganza, Kilifi, Kenya
How does a certain drink conjure up a place, season or time of day?
William Emigh, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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