[Ann Drysdale]

I know, Nigel - I can't find one for less than fifty quid. However, a paperback of the original can be had on eBay for 99p. We must fadge, alas.

[Nigel Mace]

So did I, John - aged 5 - and never got over it, hence my edition which features a photo of Duncan presenting Guthrie with Lindsay's complete works. Where did you see it? The Assembly Hall, I take it (I did too and still have the programme) - or perhaps the St Andrews Halls in Glasgow?

Sorry, Ann, I don't have any spares left. I was too poor to pick up some at author's price when it was remaindered!

[John Whitworth]

Yes, Nigel. At the Assembly Hall.

[Adrian Fry]

I feel no squeamishness about mocking the Greeks; it is only a competition in the back of a magazine, after all. And I don't know any Greeks and will never go there, just to be on the safe side.

[John Whitworth]

And you can always use an alias. Darn Fairy? Andy Friar? Randy Fari? Fraidy Raf?

[Brian Allgar]

John, your last one is an "eff off" ...

[John Whitworth]

Too true. Fraidy Ra.

[John Whitworth]

Fraidy Ra, I should have said.

[Brian Allgar]

Ran Friday?