2 JULY 1977, Page 31

Competition

No. 969: Initial harmony

Set by E. 0. Parrott: On the occasion of talks between Carter and Callaghan, some wit thought they might be helped by the two men having the same initials. Competitors are asked to throw light on this theory by providing extracts from conversations (of about 120 words) between unlikely pairs of real life or fictional personages who also have their two main initials in common. Entries to 'Competition No. 969' by 18 July.