Straight to the POINT

TO FOCUS the water companies’ attention on customers, rather than shareholders, why not give a rebate on bills for every day of a hosepipe ban? R. CROSBY, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

AS A former Grenadier Guard, I am surprised that the sweating guardsman (Mail) wore the chinstrap of his bearskin under his chin rather than on it. ROY BULLER, Didsbury, Manchester.

WHY are the shops full of Brut — the driest of bubblies? What I truly need in this hot weather is a refreshing glass of demi-sec sparkling wine, which is proving impossible to find. JOHN CALTON, Headley, Hants.

AN APT picture of Macca posing on the Abbey Road zebra crossing (Mail). He’s always been middle of the road. VINCENT HEFTER, Richmond, Surrey.

HAVE they been using the bath water to ensure the lawns at Windsor Castle are lush and green (Mail)? BRIAN BEST, High Wycombe, Bucks.

IT’S SO warm even my cucumbers have lost their cool! TONY MIDDLETON, Hardwick, Cambs.

HOW can you be classified as a traveller if you live in a static caravan? MIKE SIMPSON, Sheffield.

GOOD to have a U.S. President who speaks his mind — if only we knew which of his minds he means. MICHAEL GOSLING, Fishbourne, Isle of Wight.

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