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If the lessons of the US are anything to go by, some pretty young people will be getting nasty letters. One 12-year-old American girl was the recipient of a similar action.
WHAT? That is so unfair cos it wasn’t me or anything and anyway it was only a joke and you carn’t prove nothing anyway. Yeah but no’ but yeah, but no, but yeah. I never listened to ‘em. I never saw ‘em, it was me mam did it, she’s always listenin to the Darkness an stuff. She went out to get some fags a couple a months ago wiv ‘er latest old man and hasn’t come back yet. I dunno what she wants me to do with em. Dear mister lawyer I am very sorey but i was making a project for school about music and so its my teachers fault here is his address could you please put him in prison? thanks Yeah? And whatcha gonna do about it? You can’t touch me, I know my rights. Yeah. Right. Whatever. Derrr, I wouldn’t have downloaded Britney, she’s a girl eeuugh. Yeah, but no, but yeah, like why are you blaming me, innit!! It was dat Sharon Michaels fault, cos like she showed Darren Watson her boob and she’s a minger. Anyway, I don’t even know, cos it wasn’t me….. I wasn’t me, It was my Dad. But I though the Manic Street Preachers was an online church. Honest We are’nt supposed to download free music? I was out sick that day. Dear Mister Lawyer I actually own all the CDs, but my mate Dave borrowed them, then his gran thought they were records and broke them by putting them on her gramaphone. I was going to pick them up off her, but I missed the bus and Dave put them all in the bin. I managed to recover three out of 1,398 CDs, but on the way back they got stolen by magpies. Sorry. Yeah like woteva, my posse done it wen I won looking. U R so wrong No I neva. FInk I’m bothered - I hate you - Fascist! I don’t even use the computa. Mum must av dun it! I was put under too much peer-to-peer pressure. What IS the big deal!? I mean, look, GET REAL!! Didn’t YOU ever borrow anything?? What’s the diff - I’m not hurting anyone, NOMESAIN? Geesh!! Get a LIFE - and, besides, the quality SUCKS, guys! love, Samantha Link to this item
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Going anywhere nice this year?, 7 October) is shown in the price guide. “1 day 1 seal costs 120. For those who want a longer break however: Four days and two seals costs 650.” Vicky East London I was going to quibble that Chernobyl is not the “scene of the world’s worst nuclear disaster”, until I realised that you’re probably counting Hiroshima, Nagasaki and all the nuclear test sites as successes. Monetary amounts in BBC News stories: is there any chance we could have some consistency with financial values quoted in the stories? Please either use Sterling (with euro then dollar values in parentheses) or euro (with Sterling then dollar amounts); I just can’t understand why a European news site has to quote dollar amounts first. Re: Deer’s 25-mile bumper road trip, 7 October. I’ve heard of being carjacked, but this must be the first recorded muntjacking.
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Winning captions in this week’s caption competition.
This week Tory leader Michael Howard met a Beatles tribute band at the party’s conference in Bournemouth, but declined an offer to be pictured holding one of their guitars
6. John, London
No thanks, I’m the leader of the Shadows.
5. Gareth Williams, Netherlands
That standards were higher than ever in this years Anne Widdicombe lookalike competition.
4. Stuart Cane, Wales
He had something of the Hard Day’s Night about him
3. Lorraine Jones
HELP!
2. Stuart Martin Scotland
Are you sure you can play Elgar?
1. Lucy, UK
So, you’re Busted, are you?
Jon, London
I’ve been puzzling over the quote “After all, it’s life only, but it’s never been written this way” (the Magazine’s Quote of the Day on Thursday), but I still can’t make any sense of what its supposed to mean. Is President Bush now writing for Rolling Stone magazine?
Martin H, St , France
I have regarded Teflon as dangerous to health (Teflon’s sticky situation, 7 October) ever since I became aware that our beloved Prime Minister appears to be coated in it!
John Mander, Coulsdon, UK
According to the article entitled School bans “nut allergy” conkers (7 October), the food advisor to the Anaphylaxis Campaign is named Hazel. Other employees? How about Al Mond, Coco, or Persephone (”Just call me ‘P’.̶ 
Kathy D, Toronto, Canada
David, UK
On the meaning of life according to 82ask (The future of facts, 4 October), 42 is not in fact Douglas Adam’s version of the meaning of life but the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything. The meaning of life is a completely different thing altogether.
Tom, Edinburgh, UK
Another story of racism in NI ( Residents object to Chinese centre, 5 October) - seems like they pop up with disturbing regularity. Nimby doesn’t get you anywhere but isolated and alone. I hope the Chinese cultural centre finds a home (and good neighbours) very soon.
Pamela, Vancouver, Canada
Re Faces of the Week, 1 October: shame on you, being the organisation who broadcast the Fast Show. As everyone knows, the phrase was “Suit you, sir”, not, as on your webpage, “Suits …”
Derek Savory
Jon, UK
An open letter to Joanne Beale (re Monday’s Monitor Sunday, 3 October): it’s perfectly possible to witness something as an historic event.
Plenty of people watched the first moon-landing live and were aware that it was historic. To witness historical events, on the other hand, does require time-travel.
But yes, historic is frequently used and should in many cases be replaced by one of the words you suggest.
Ed Mann, Helsinki
New Yorker has been finding out.
But naturally the BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites.
Jel
Brussels
I’m not surprised council workers in Aylesbury mistakenly put Christmas trees up too early (Christmas trees go up too early, 1 October). My local supermarket has artificial trees and crackers on the shelves now too.
Tom Marshall, Cardiff, Wales
An open letter to news broadcasters and publishers globally. It is impossible for something to be witnessed at the time as an historic event. It is however possible to witness something which will become an historic event. The question we have to ask is “Do journalists have a secret way of time travelling?” The answer I expect is No. So in order to save the world from pain due to overuse of this word I would like to present
Other Words that can be used instead of Historic:
Thank-you for your time
Joanne Beale
London
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