Staying in a central London hotel last week, I came across this rather bizarre notice pinned to the wall:

OK, so if it’s ‘relaxed’ before 9.30am, is it back to the usual chaos and confusion thereafter – guests ducking flying bread rolls, orange juice poured into diners’ laps, staff behaving in a particularly surly way? (“Coffee? Of course: you do look like you need waking up. A pastry? No, Mr. Williams, looking at your waistline, you really shouldn’t…”).

And then there was a correction in the Guardian newspaper on Friday that I’m sure will appeal to anyone who’s ever had to do any proofreading:

(Blogging does this: it makes one forever on the lookout for things that just cry out to be added to the site!)