Tattieheid, thank-you for your lovely words. They cheered me no end. What I want to know is where your blog is? I’d like to read that. It’s easy to set up you know. You’re right, of course, about the double standards on leering. I don’t think women are naturally as…erm…gifted as men at ogling totty though. I’ve always preferred the more mature man, myself. There are a lot of women who do, you know which is hardly fair as men amost never look at women over a certain age if there is younger meat in the room, no matter what the younger meat actually looks like. Youth trumps most. Now where’s that blog?? I’ve tried to snoop you out but sitemeter only gives me the location of servers and I still can’t tell where your’s is. West Midlands somewhere, I think. Thanks again, sweetie-pie, you’ve made a blogger mammy happy.

Noners, a wiggle of women! I love that! That is brilliant.

Fmc, I love it round at yours, I feel all familiar and kitchen-tabley there with a drink in one hand, a bun in the other and God only knows where the conversation will go. I plan to come to Dublin one of these days and before I do anthing else I’ll be visiting you. Lock up your gin. I’m not even going to ask what kind of a day you’ve had to come up with your last 3 collective nouns – I hope they’re not linked in some sort of ghastly confectionary misdemeanour – but my God, woman, a horror of toffee? Are you ill?

Kit, a beatitude of bakers? An lament of broken kitchen timers? A profusion of profiteroles?

Mr. Furry you incorrigible sicko, you (fondly tousling your hair). I return Charlie’s greeting and commend him on his fine ankle work. How’s the house-training going? And is Charlie doing well with his too? I give you a misdemeanour of Charlie owners. And a rehabilitation of strokers. Do the authorities know you have a dog? Has David Attenborough been notified? Rolf Harris?

ps charlie (a 9 week cocker spaniel) the new addition to the furry family says hello. well actually he says woof woof and then tries to bite my achilles tendon but that roughly translates to hello i believe.