Any idea how world peace can be achieved? Or is it impossible?
Leave politics to women.
David Isaacs, Sydney, Australia
• Whether or not it is possible, don’t fight for an answer.
Edward P Wolfers, Austinmer, NSW, Australia
• Consign war to the museum.
David Tucker, Halle, Germany
• A good asteroid strike should do the trick.
Greg McCarry, Sydney, Australia
• Easy, just have a really good world nuclear war. (Although the cockroaches and ants might still squabble.)
Pat Phillips, Adelaide, South Australia
• I’m told that it is by arming ourselves to the teeth with something called nuclear deterrents. So I believe it.
Sunil Bajaria, London, UK
Please avoid the mushrooms
Who are the most entertaining of outer-space creatures?
I don’t believe anyone has yet encountered any. All we have are the imaginative creations of earth-based artists (writers, film-makers etc). Some of these creatures are more entertaining than others, but none are from other parts of the galaxy. That entertainment still awaits us.
Avril Taylor, Dundas, Ontario, Canada
• Still hallucinating? You had better stay off those magic mushrooms.
David Tucker, Halle, Germany
It’s certainly much faster now
Is the world a better place now than it was in the 1950s?
How can anyone answer yes to this when there are more and more millions of people facing drought and starvation, while we have all the knowledge and expertise to remedy the situation?
Sarah Cooper, Montreal, Canada
• Better in some respects, but certainly a helluva lot faster.
Richard Orlando, Westmount, Quebec, Canada
• Toss a coin: the 1950s was a happy concrete mix of innocence, inhibition, ignorance and intolerance. Now we have an unhappy slurry of enlightenment, permissiveness, ignorance and intolerance.
Peter Burton, Severnlea, Queensland, Australia
• Since 1950, the year of my birth, the world has always been the best that I have known.
Paul Broady, Christchurch, New Zealand
• It has become so for women as the women’s movement has gained momentum. Can’t speak for men.
Jenefer Warwick James, Paddington, NSW, Australia
• I wouldn’t know; I wasn’t around then.
Emily Winter, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
If they vote, they do very well
Which culture treats its oldsters best?
Democracy, as the oldsters are the people most likely to vote.
John Anderson, Pukekohe, New Zealand
• Vintage car clubs.
Margaret Wyeth, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
• Bulgarian yoghurt, which gives them longevity with good health.
Victor Boyko, Ottawa, Canada
• I’m not sure, but as I grow older I would like to move to a place where these people are located!
Doreen Forney, Pownal, Vermont, US
Any answers?
Why don’t hotels ever provide toothpaste?
Christine Asmar, Forest Lodge NSW, Australia
Does alcohol give you a different perception of reality?
Geraldine Dodgson, Suva, Fiji
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