In a few words

Compo for crims, compo for us

If prisoners who have been adjudged to have been held inside too long feel they should be compensated, we as taxpayers could lay claim to reimbursement from them for the cost of having to house and feed them during their time in prison for which they have no-one to blame but themselves. Wayne Hawker Phillipstown

Early bird . . .

So daylight saving’s kickeded in. What I want to know is, how did the garden birds know to start singing an hour later? Steve Wratten Lincoln

Sad, funny Government

The saddest and funniest thing about this National Government is their claims to be always ahead of the game. Yet time and time again they are found to be too late, too lazy and too stupid. Simon Rolleston Bromley

The NZ ‘Worriers’

So that‘s the grand rescue plan: Add an internationally renowned neurotic to a team already replete with them and change the name to ‘‘The Worriers’’. A veritable master stroke. Terry Dolby Burwood