3 SEPTEMBER 2005, Page 39

Q. In response to your correspondent from Neustadt in Germany

in the edition dated 23 July, they may find the following version of Ogden Nash’s poem to their liking:

Sicher, stecke deine unteren Glieder in Hosen, Es sind deine Glieder, mein Schatz.

Von vorn ein göttlicher Anblick zum Kosen, Von hinten aber mangelt’s dir an Platz.

P.A., Llansteffan, Carmarthenshire

A. The Spectator has spearheaded the antithong sentiment now sweeping through British society. We published another translation of the Ogden Nash on 6 August, but your contribution also merits publication. We should soon see an end to the scourge.