14 FEBRUARY 1998, Page 50

No. 2023: Governessy verse

`Face the driver, raise your hand, / You will find he'll understand.' During the war Nanny State covered the place with such rhymes, intended to promote good citizen- like habits. You are invited to supply (max- imum eight octosyllabic or decasyllabic couplets) black-humoured advice to fit today. Entries to 'Competition No. 2023' by 26 February.