Inked off

One of the issues that vexes me is why some of the freesheets given out on London's streets morning and night more often end up all over my hands than remain on the pages onto which they were originally printed.

It is more than mildly irritating that upon arriving at the office each morning, the first thing I have to do is to wash my hands as a result of merely perusing the Metro.

Surely in this technological age, somebody could come up with a way of printing with ink that doesn't come off in your hands. And more than that, that newspaper proprietors would use it...