XXX-rated Oldie
SIR: Today, in France, I was tending to my window boxes and chatting to a neighbour, when the postwoman arrived on her bike.
‘Madame Smith’, she said, carefully passing me the March issue of The Oldie – address side up, which seemed a bit strange. She rapidly pedalled off and I turned my envelope over.
Oh dear. I think she was horribly embarrassed to have discovered that I subscribe to a porn magazine!
Lovely cover with Barbara Windsor. I roared with laughter!
Yours, Sally Smith, Montreuil-Bellay, France
The fall of Man
SIR: Benedict Nightingale's letter on the distinction between falling over and having a fall (March issue) brought to mind the old rhyme:
Once I just fell over, Then I had a fall.
Once I was a rover, Now the nurses call.
Martin Brown, Coventry
RIP bibbing
SIR: Is the word – meaning touring English country churches – still in usage?
