And also to Brian:

Baaaa to you both.

I expect you are right about the man Wakefield, Chris. The trouble is that when you are faced with a Government spokesman called Doctor Anything, the default setting is not to believe him. And why is that? Because they have so often lied to us in the past.

and chicken pox should be "a mild childhood disorder unjustly laid to the charge of gallinaceous fauna, which in adults can lead to a severe disorder unjustly blamed on roofers."

the fascinating off-topic drift here towards medical discussions testifies that the comp itself is irretrievably dull. after all these years is there any humour left to be wrung out of pc euphemisms and circumlocutions, other than among brain-dead saloon bar wits and daily mail readers? bottom of the barrel stuff, staggers.

But Bazza, you could win it with one hand tied behind your...

Perhaps, Ann. At least I can do caps now. Should soon be able to pull on my own trousers. But I'd rather win with quality stuff that requires thought and skill, like the Kipling tribute to Rimbaud.

Picky, very picky.

Correctamundo.

Sad, even horrifying, to think of you walking around all this time without trousers. Even worse to think that you'll probably beat a lot of us with the stuff that you were brokenly managing to type during this crippled interval.

My chère épouse even has to peel my quail eggs for me.