The other day I casually mentioned how, as children, we would see how many objects we could stuff into a matchbox. This led to a reader, Hillary in Kempton Park, saying she was sure that in a Girl Guide competition “years and years ago” she managed to stuff 100 “visible items into a matchbox – we couldn’t count molecules or atoms! – but my husband says it’s impossible. I recall including such things as a fly’s wing, a fly’s leg, a postage stamp, a piece of cotton and so on.
“I’m sure it’s possible to make 100.”
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