28 OCTOBER 2000, Page 83

No. 2162: The People's choice

Recently, in a singularly silly poll of over 15,000 people, the following words were among the candidates to be the nation's favourite: serendipity, muggle, compassion, laconic, hilarious, fuck, football, Jesus, hello, eleemosynary, hope, home. You are invited to incorporate them, in any order, into a piece of prose. Maximum 150 words. Entries to `Competition No. 2162' by 9 November.