Sir,—In case no more experienced felophile answers Mr Blakiston’s delightful letter in your issue of last Friday, I write to say that my cat reacts with similar abandon to the gift of an olive.

Got any diabetes jokes you can share with readers? “I never got bullied the same as other kids—my house never got egged. It got cupcaked.” —Geoff Grant (Las Vegas, Nevada)

brick red:

I'm scundered. I just asked a lady out and she said no.