SOME of those potholes on the moon are absolutely enormous, with many of them the size of a crater and visible from Earth. Honestly, it’s only a matter of time before a Lunar Rover or some other mobile landing craft loses a wheel, or worse, turns over and barrel rolls across the lunar surface after hitting one. Yet the council doesn’t seem to be doing a thing about it. I know there isn’t a council for the moon, but I would imagine earth councils are responsible for the bit of moon that lies directly above their borough, so they ought to get it sorted.
E Musk, Bunny, U.S.A
WITH reference to E Musk’s letter (above) I think a moon buggy or lunar rover hitting a pothole and barrel-rolling onto its roof would not be such a catastrophe. Since the gravitational pull of the moon is just one sixth that of the Earth, the accident would take place in slow motion, and it is highly likely that any astronaut passengers of the vehicle, or any astronaut pedestrians walking by, would come out unscathed.
Toby Piles, Cromer
I HAVE spent an inordinate amount of time thinking about the carbon footprint of cheap toilet paper versus the more expensive stuff. The cheap one has to be doubled up to avoid finger push-through, whereas the expensive triple-ply stuff scented with exotic flowers can be used without doubling, but it takes five flushes of valuable water to get rid of the stuff. Are there any Viz readers out there who can do the maths and tell me which is the greener option?
Stinky, Suffolk
the Welsh Open Snooker final, and the commentator has just said of one of the players that “he really knows his way around the table”. Now I know the tables are pretty big, but these are professional sportsmen, so I’m sure most of them can navigate their way round the thing. As a rule of thumb, as long as they simply keep going consistently left or right at the corners, they will eventually find their way back to their seat.
