READER Lucy Pumphrey tells us that her mother says her new camera works much better “because it has many more pixies than her old one”. Meanwhile, Lucy’s daughter is apparently excited at the discovery that “there are millions of haemogoblins capering round the circulatory system, delivering parcels of oxygen”.
As for Lucy herself, she says she gets along fine in life so long as she’s got her elf (try saying that with a cockney accent). She wonders if other Feedback readers have noticed the presence of similar “differently real” companions in their lives.…
Article amended on 1 January 1970
When this article was first published, it misspelled Robert Cailliau's name.
