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Which one's the space cowboy and which is the gangster of love? Oh, wait, no, that's the other brother, isn't it - Steve.

Oh yes, that too. There's a magazine called Practical Parenting, isn't there. A vile use of language. Now on a tangent, I plead guilty to having watched "Britain's Got Talent" (no, no, don't worry, I haven't wasted much time on it. Used the catch-up and flicked through it mostly) Anyway - why is it that the contestants all only have one word in their vocabulary to describe an enjoyable experience? AMAAAZING Jeez, there's an opportunity to make themselves stand out from the crowd, if only they had the brains to do a bit of verbal preparation.

The media habit of using someone's age as a stand-alone noun. While I feel this is acceptable when referring to racehorses or small children (eg the two-year-old), it's bloody ridiculous to read about "the 62-year-old" "the 54-year-old" and so on. The 62-year-old what? Elephant? Tortoise? Parrot?

That's what I thought. See, Vaagy, things could be worse!

Out of interest, MIB, if such a death occurred late in the year, and the autopsy verdict gave an unnatural cause but wasn't announced until January+, would the bonus be awarded retrospectively?

Never mind, Vaagy - you can afford the delay, it's not as though we're in November/December.

Billy Graham

I always thought Lord Charles was Titch.

Oh, not Ant and Dec again.

Looking well at the Malcolm McLaren funeral which sounds like a most enjoyable event. Wish I'd known about the 'moment of mayhem' - I was in either B&Q or Lidl at the time, what fun I could have had.

Went to see Ultravox last night, so guilty as charged I guess. They were terrific, but it was a little sobering to see how we all look now. We were all so beautiful in the 80s 'Time goes, time goes by too soon' - indeed.

Dunno if this one counts, but since I am off to see Ultravox tonight in Oxford , I'm prompted to mention

Bugger, have I missed a sweepstake?

Wow, brilliant DDP pick for Grobler's. Unique and joker! Well done.