
HOLLIE says Top Gear bosses must regret hiring Ben Collins after he revealed he was The Stig, adding: ?As that brainy Greek guy Homer said, ?Wise were the kings who never chose a friend till with full cups they had unmasked his soul and seen the bottom of his deepest thoughts?.?

CHLOE was reminded of wartime leader Winston Churchill when she heard that Tony Blair had also turned to booze while PM. She said: ?The cigar-puffing statesman observed, ?Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me?.?

ROSIE was alarmed that a major alcohol producer is suggesting an extra 15p tax on a pint of beer. She said: ?Uniform taxation may have the reverse effect to that intended. For better regulation would be minimum price posting that retailers cannot undercut.?

KATIE fears for the Chilean miners trapped half a mile underground. She said: ?Living in a confined space for so long can have profound psychological effects. Constant darkness can disrupt the body?s sleep and wake cycle, which is disorientating.?

AMII was shocked that a holidaymaker in Italy had been killed by a Portuguese Man o?War. And Danni said: ?Its venom-filled nematocysts are known to paralyse small fish but their stings usually hurt humans. In this case, the venom must have travelled straight to the woman?s lymph nodes.?

KELLY says Pablo Picasso could have done with knowing that beauty was based on a waist-to-hip ratio of 0.7. She said: ?He once said of beauty, ?I do not know where its meaning comes from nor where it leads?. The cubist brush ace would certainly know now.?

SAM isn?t surprised that £190,000 is being spent on special bridges for dormice. She said: ?Muscardinus avellanarius has been causing problems for centuries. The Romans banned their consumption under Sumptuary Laws as ruling classes were gorging on them.?

STACI lives just 33 miles from Todmordern ? Britain?s greenest town. She said: ?By pursuing a strategy which is both ecologically and economically sound, Todmordern?s local environment has been transformed into a low impact, self-sufficient urban collective.?

ELLE hopes that Fabio Capello makes a good impression today on the Fifa team who will choose the 2018 World Cup hosts. She said: ?Psychological studies show the brain takes just seconds to form an impression and create a composite of the signals given off by a new meeting.?

Grammar school girl Ruth is unimpressed with claims that A-levels are easier. She said "Measuring grade inflation requires objective means of differentiating changes in nominal awards on a common set of exams, and distinguishing from shifts resulting from changes in value such as quality or performance. Rather than focus on that, we should congratulate everyone who got the grades they wanted and give everyone who didn?t a nice big hug."

RHIAN said rats had plagued humanity since time immemorial. She said: ?As carriers of disease and with their ability to get at food supplies, these members of the Muridae family of mammals have been causing problems since evolving 5.33 million years ago.?

CHLOE was impressed by David Cameron?s pledge to shake up Britain quickly while his popularity lasts. She said: ?It?s the mark of a man more concerned with the greater good of the nation than his own public image. As the saying goes, a stitch in time saves nine.?

DANNI was reminded of her favourite French poet Victor Hugo when she heard driver Haroon Zafaryob had outwitted clampers in a 30-hour stand-off. She said: ?Hugo very wisely observed, ?No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come?.?

KATIE was reminded of a motoring legend after hearing that the three-wheeled Peel P50 car is to return. She said: ?It?s a tiny car that?ll give a big boost to the economy. As Henry Ford himself said, ?An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous?.?

AMII is interested to see David Cameron is considering advancing British Summer Time. She said: ?It?s a fascinating issue in the UK due to our latitudinal length, which results in a significant variation in daylight hours between summer and winter.?