Your Letters

16:00 UK time, Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Re: Will British people ever think in metric? It was a pleasure to move to a fully metric country (Finland) and use just one (sensible) system!
Christian Jull@BBC News Magazine

Re: metric. It is more rational - why on earth would it be better to use a system with no base whatsoever? Sixteen pounds in an ounce, 14 pounds in a stone, 12 inches in a foot, three feet in a yard, 1760 yards in a mile. It's like it's deliberately set up to confuse people. Give me metric any day.
Jenna Power@BBC News Magazine

I'll not be surprised to see an article about yuletide family arguments, if people follow this advice.
Warren, Bristol

Yeah, right!
Ralph, Cumbria

I read this headline and wondered what the England and Wales Cricket Board were doing handing out vast sums of money. Maybe it was to help countries that found themselves on a sticky wicket, maybe they need "bailing" out or they were stumped for cash. I'm sorry, I may have eaten too many chocolates at work. Can I have my ball back please?
StuKP, On the boundary of Warwickshire

I enjoyed today's Random Stat. Incidentally, and apropos of nothing in particular, did you know that 69% of men lie to researchers?
GDW, Edinburgh

Tuesday's Letters up at 18:42? Does Magazine Monitor have the same postman as we do?
Rob Falconer, Llandough, Wales