1 DECEMBER 1950, Page 16

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 42

Set by Richard Usborne

The manufacturers of Christmas crackers get hold of some hauntingly undistinguished epigrams for their enrolled mottos- e.g., " Your mind is like a parachute : it's no use unless it's open." A prize of £5, which may be divided, is offered for the best set of six such epigrams. Finish the following : "Life is like a police- man's helmet. . . . Life is like a.Bible. . . . Life is like Noel Coward. . . . Love is like a flying saucer. . . . Love is like mother's knitting. . . . Love is like Mr. Vyshinsky. . . ."

Entries must be addressed to the Spectator, 99 Gower Street, W.C.1, in envelopes marked "Competition," and must be received not later than December 8th. Results will be published in the Spectator of December 15th.