Now this is an unpopular opinion; I really don’t think much of alcoholic or non alcoholic cocktails , thewy cost an obscene amount of money and they dont always taste good. Whiskey tends to over ride anything, so just have a scotch and if you want fruit buy an orchard, it’s much more satisfying. No I’ll stick with a provincial Dad pint if you don’t mind. But I have no issues with people who like them, it’s just not for me, but word of advice; don’t get involved in a round including cocktails, save yourselves the money. I decided to choose a cocktail last night on the proviso that I had no idea what any of the ingredients actually were, see if you know better, Vivir Blanco, Ojo de Tigre joven, Ancho Reyes and Grapefruit Soda; this was called a Spicy Paloma and the tall drink came covered in rock salt clinging like limpets to the outside of the glass, I managed to  retain my dignity by wiping the salt away with distain, drinking the odd tasting concoption and getting a pint of Murphys which seems to have recently returned to our pubs and supermarket shelves, who knows why things happen as they do? I used to love Murphys stout, I think its slightly sweeter than Guinness but now I have a battle worn 53 year old palette, I’d say I prefer Guinness.

My friend an I applied to go onto a TV show this afternoon, which is tremendously exciting and don’t worry I will not be cavorting on some Channel 5 Island with scantily clad women with absolutely nothing going on in their heads, no its far more hight brow than that, but I’m not revealing until they send the limo round to pick me up (thats assuming we get cast which is highly unlikely) after its done I expect you’ll see me everywhere as a national hate figure probably. But the anecdotes from the show will take me into my retirement, death and ultimately into the science of palaeontology as an empty fossilised vessel with secrets unfathomable.

So thats me for tonight folks aside to say that the dishwasher wasn’t working and I fixed it this evening. Dishwasher 0 Minister 1.