eroded men

Yes, Alex, if you just about manage not to embarrass yourself over the course of the evening*, clearly what you need to do is head off somewhere else, drink more booze and have another go. Tw@t.

If you're not Karen or Steve D, and my last ramble moved you to comment, I'm afraid the monster under the Internet's bed ate them. If you skimmed through it with barely suppressed tedium, carry on about your day.

I swear, if someone placed a cool, crisp pint of cider on my desk right now, I would push it away.

*OK, I did tell a left-leaning dinner party "I have always said I'd happily kill thousands to procure a minor advantage for me and mine", but I stand by that so it doesn't count. Ditto plunging the world into a new Ice Age rather than moving house.

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One aspect of the Dorset trip I forgot to mention - many of you will be aware of that county's Monkey World. But on one roadsign it must share billing, thus:

Monkey World
Tank Museum

Would that not be the Best Attraction Ever?

My uncharacteristic earlier hostility to CCP has now abated.