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What a load of old tosh trip that was! Yet another excuse for 3 grown men to act like kids in front of a camera. I usually like TG but it's beginning to get just a bit too silly.

I've had a Hitachi 42" plasma as my main TV for over 10 years now with no problems (touch wood). Got to get my money's worth - it cost over 2 grand back then.

Not being able to sleep annoys the hell out of me.

Do you wear a tinfoil hat? I bet you think the CIA blew up the twin towers too.

I caught him kissing my Mummy one year.

I liked the way they got Tiffany Dell to coach the 'star in a reasonably priced car' instead of Stig. Especially as he's working with Ben Collins on 5th Gear. I wonder how long they'll keep up the 'we hate the Stig' malarky though.

He's in my Regiment Andrew. It's things like this make me proud to have been a Tankie.

Soldier Takes Bullet to Save Afghan Child’s Life

I think the problem was very overblown by the Viglen guy, but it boiled down to the wording on the CV in the end. Baggs claimed he ran a "fully licensed" telecoms company while he should have just said he had a "full license" as an ISP. His timing when insisting that it was a telecoms company was priceless.

{smug mode on} Told you so. {Smug mode off}

By the way AS nearly responded to Stuart's "I made all my money on my own with no help from anyone" boast, I reckon he knows something about him that hasn't come out yet. Hopefully it will come out next week.

It's probably just an illegal immigrant who's found his way in through an open window and is now roughing it in your attic.

Needs, or Olympics H? I took my Supra down to Cornwall at the weekend and she came back filthy, filthy I tell you... Sorry to say, I still haven't been out to clean her and will probably use the carwash when I do.

Thanks MrRalphMan.

Came home this lunchtime to find all the doors and windows open with everything inside GONE! What sort of swine does that to someone elses advent calendar?

Why would you need a trolley jack? It's only a little car - just ask a mate to help you pick up the back end and push it forward onto the double yellows.

Sorry I didn't get to this - I'm still a bit dodgy after the weekends regimental reunion. Can't take the ale like I used to.

Waiting for the letter 'a'?

I've recently rediscovered this tasty breakfast treat and find that 2 mins in my 800w microwave as just right if I use slightly less milk than they recommend. I stir the oats into the cold milk first, nuke it then stir again afterwards to get the right "sticks to the spoon" consistency. Top with a sprinkling of sugar and away you go. And it's fun watching it 'volcano' through the glass and hoping it doesn't bubble over. Failing that, bung it in a saucepan instead...

The only things that bother me about all this Royal Wedding malarkey are: 1. Who's paying for it? (I guess that'd be us then?) 2. Waay too much coverage on the tele. A simple anouncement would have done - we don't need in depth analysis and character profiles or opinions from z-list clebs thank you.

67% - Thorin, I'll escort you to the boat. (Mind you, 67% is still a fail.)

Shame Webber didn't do better and let Team Vettel Red Bull get the better of him in the end. Without that early pit stop I reckon he was still in the race and could have spoilt things. But I am SO glad Ferrari covered the wrong driver and Alonso didn't win.

A tourist walked into a Brighton antique shop in England. After looking around for a while, he noticed a very life-like bronze statue of a rat. It had no price tag, but it was so striking that he decided to buy it anyway. He took it to the owner and said: "How much is this bronze rat?" The owner replied, "It's £12 for the rat and £100 for the story." The tourist gave the owner his £12 and said, "I'll just take the rat, you can keep the story." As he walked off down the street, he noticed that a few real rats had crawled out of the sewers and begun following him. This was a little disconcerting, so he started to walk a little faster, but within a couple of blocks the swarm of rats had grown to hundreds and they were all squealing and screeching in a very menacing way. He increased his speed and ran on towards the beach, and as he ran, he looked behind him and saw the rats now numbered in their MILLIONS and they were running faster & faster. By now very concerned, he ran down to the pier and threw the bronze rat far out into the water. Amazingly, the millions of real rats jumped into the water after it and were all drowned. The man walked back to relate all this to the shop owner, who said, "Ah, you've come back for the story then?" "No," said the tourist, "I came back to see if you've got a bronze Muslim fundamentalist cleric, a couple of immigrants, a Man United supporter ...... oh yea, and anything French.

I love the way it keeps checking behind - almost as if it's thinking "I hope no-one's watching me be so stupid!"