Sir, – Padraig J O'Connor (September 8th) is right to be irritated by the number of broken biscuits in a packet these days. But equally annoying is the design of these packets. Most are impossible to open without taking a knife to them and those that can be easily unwrapped have their perforations almost a third of the way down. Hence, when opened, the required one biscuit does not appear, but four or more tumble out onto the table or the floor, and break! It drives me crackers. – Yours, etc,
BERNARD FARRELL,
Redford Park,
Greystones, Co Wicklow.