The pie floater: it’s all gravy, upside down | Brief letters

Australian street food | David Cameron memory test | Senseless humans | Hand-knitted swimwear | The Manchester Guardian In the 1970s, a nursing colleague of mine talked about an Australian street food known as a “pie floater” (Letters, 30 June). This delicacy used to be sold from kerbside carts, and consisted of a meat pie, thick with gravy, served in a bowl, inverted and smothered in pea soup.Melanie HewittLondon During David Cameron’s term at No 10, my father was asked by his doctor for the name of the prime minister (Letters, 30 June). After a slight pause, my father replied: “I hate his guts!” The doctor laughed and, pointing at my father, he turned to me and said: “There’s nothing wrong with him!” End of memory test.Brenda CoxWhitley Bay, Tyne and Wear I understand how John Crace feels when he says: “Sometimes I wonder if the more football that I watch, the less I understand the game” (Digested week, 26 June). I feel the same about people generally. The longer I live and the more I see of us humans, the less sense we make.Dave WiebergSheffield I see we are being encouraged to choose more sustainable swimwear (The filter, 29 June). I look forward to a r