Your Agony Uncle responds to queries about baked goods, snot rockets (eww) and ... we're not even sure how to define it in this week's "In Short".

Short and sweet, here are the pressing issues (well, some of them) for your Agony Uncle this week.  Oh, and if you like these 10 Deep shorts, you can buy them here from ASOS. What’s the worst thing someone could do with your address? Kathlyn, Twitter Send you a box of tarantulas without a return address. There’s [...]

Short and sweet, here are the pressing issues (well, some of them) for your Agony Uncle this week.  Oh, and if you like these Ralph Lauren floral shorts, you can buy them here from ASOS. What do you do when someone pokes you in the eye? Lois G., Manly Change positions—you’re doing it incorrectly. What would you [...]

Short and sweet, here are the pressing issues (well, some of them) for your Agony Uncle this week.  Oh, and if you like these striped denim shorts, you can buy them here from ASOS. Who would you give your seat up to first: an old man or a pregnant woman? DeAndra H., Twitter It’s kind of like [...]

Short and sweet, here are the pressing issues (well, some of them) for your Agony Uncle this week.  Oh, and if you like these Polo Ralph Lauren shorts, you can buy them here from ASOS. Agony Uncle, with men becoming more metrosexual, do you believe that, in time, the Aussie accent will sharpen up? Adam B., Twitter [...]

Short and sweet, here are the pressing issues (well, some of them) for your Agony Uncle this week. Oh, and if you like these Henrik Vibskov shorts, you can buy them here from ASOS. What do you do with someone who just replies ‘ha ha, yeah’ to mostly everything you say? Evil Kitten, Twitter Given the [...]

Dear Agony Uncle, Our next-door neighbour has large trees whose branches hang over our fence and into our yard. They frequently drop leaves, which I have to rake up every week. I spoke to our (unfriendly) neighbours and asked if they could cut the branches back and they told us to mind our own business. [...]

Short and sweet, here are the pressing issues (well, some of them) for your Agony Uncle this week. Oh, and if you like these shorts, you can buy them here from ASOS. What’s the meanest thing anyone as ever said to you? Misery, Portland, OR I don’t like your shoes. What is some inferior literature I [...]

Dear Agony Uncle, I recently visited a local restaurant with a good reputation for food and service—usually a relaxed atmosphere and easy to keep one’s head down—however, for a party of five booked in advance, we were shown to a table for four. With one “emergency chair” placed at the side. I didn’t enjoy my [...]

Short and sweet, here are the pressing issues (well, some of them) for your Agony Uncle this week. Oh, and if you like these shorts, you can buy them here from ASOS. When is it appropriate to use an exclamation mark? Adam B., Adelaide, Australia When one exclaims; for example, “They’re only serving domestic sparking wine” [...]