IT IS strange, the things that cross your mind when stuck in heavy traffic, like on the A40 into Oxford.
For example, I remember the days when towns would twin with another non-English town for mutual cultural and business advantage, and this seemed quite normal.
Now, however, it’s not unusual to see a town twinned with more than one other foreign town.
Viewing the signs on the approach to the city, however, Oxford seems to be taking a step too far by twinning itself with five towns from different countries.
I always thought that twins were a pair, i.e. two. So, logically, shouldn’t Oxford be a sextuplet with the other five?
Just a thought.
Mick Heavey, Oxford Road, Old Marston, Oxford
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