I asked a child with a runny nose to “wipe that mucus away”. “What’s mucus?” “It’s the runny stuff your nose makesI that’s its proper name.”
There was a pause, then: “What’s its surname?”
RUTH MCGOWAN, LONDON
Question in a jubilee quiz: “In her recent visit to our town, where did the Queen spend the morning?”
Answer from a seven-year-old: “At the shops, in New Look.”
JOANNA WILLIAMS, CANTERBURY
