Straight to the POINT

■ AS FAST as I pick up the litter, they throw it down again.

FRED JONES, Blyth, Northumberland.

■ A MASK’S a must!

A. H. CLARK, Goffs Oak, Herts.

■ I WEAR a plague doctor’s mask out shopping, which turns heads. The best comment was a little girl telling her Dad: ‘There’s a parrot!’

ADRIAN BONNINGTON, Northampton.

■ MY HEARING has improved since wearing a face mask. The elasticated loops make my ears stick out.

MAuRICE BLIGH, Sittingbourne, Kent.

■ I LOVE the Bishop of Salisbury justifying a church wishing to remove its pews to accommodate larger bridal couples walking down the aisle: ‘After a very wide consultation, with ample opportunity to comment.’

MALCOLM LINDLEY, Tring, Herts.

■ LOCKDOWN gave me the excuse to tidy the cupboard under the sink. I found a yoghurt maker, pineapple corer, sandwich toaster, two cafetieres and 44 cleaning cloths.

GWEN WHITTLE, Liverpool.

■ DAD’S Commons Army (Letters)? Don’t forget Jess Phillips as Captain Mainwaring’s hectoring wife, Elizabeth.

N. J. WOOTTON, Wallasey, Merseyside.

■ GIVEN that you can buy a packet of 16 paracetamol tablets for 50p, I’m surprised they have ever been prescribed by doctors at a cost of £9.15.

TIM MICKLEBuRGH, Grimsby, Lincs.

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