April 15, 2011 - submitted by The Oracle, United Kingdom  When I
answer questions of a personal nature, Coldplay.com readers
often get in touch with their own thoughts. So, we now have a
weekly feature, Team Oracle, whereby each Friday (with the
question asker's permission) we open up a question to all of you
to answer too. Then, the following Friday, I'll post a selection
of the best answers, alongside my own reply. ANYONE can join in
so, if you'd like to, please email your response to the
following question, in no more than 200 words, to
theoracle@coldplay.com before Thursday 21st April.  "I have an
extremely embarrassing dad who has a very weird and uncommon
hobby, which requires having things stuck outside the house that
don't look exactly normal. My dad doesn't realize that he
embarasses me and my brother, but I don't know how to explain to
him about how I feel without entirely hurting his feelings.
Also, two of my neighbors are in my grade and I'm not entirely
the most popular kid in the school and and