A random citizen angrily sounds off

'Soundoff' invites readers to call a telephone # and record a message to vent about the serious hot-button issues of the day or anything that concerns them. The comments are then published, verbatim, in the paper.

Here is my favourite from last week's edition:

"I hope the thieves who stole my gnomes and yard animals gain as much pleasure as they brought me."

Poor old dear. You can almost hear the poyester bathrobe.

Perhaps she will soon begin receiving post cards from them as they travel the world.