Old men and Speedos

[Byron]

Quite so - and rather alarming sometimes to see the power it has . It is often said that's what's important in the news is not what you have done but what you have been perceived to have (or have not ) done.
Take the rather awful ITV show Splash (as discussed in another thread ), from which you might believe that the nation has gone absolutely crazy over the young Olympic diver Tom Daley. Not so, but put a few dozen screaming teenage girls in front of a tv camera and that's what you're led to think.

(and I will have a rant also about my pet-hate , ie canned laughter in sit-coms)