A stone’s throw

Sir, – If the stone-throwers employed by estate agents, who apparently can throw stones several kilometres when determining the proximity of homes to various important services, could be retrained to throw the shot, the discus and the javelin equally prodigious distances, Ireland would undoubtedly be guaranteed many gold medals in future Olympic Games. – Yours, etc,

SEAMUS REYNOLDS,

Bray,

Co Wicklow.