I was really, because I thought it was extremely excruciating when I watched a tape of it, that my husband taped for me and I never watched it again after that.

In the end, punk inevitably burned itself out and acted as a bridge across which the New Romantics could sashay in their chiffon and glossy hair.

Does anyone really go into nursing intending to be apathetic, cold and removed from suffering? I find that very difficult to believe.

An overweight guy went to the doctor who advised him to try a keep fit DVD. But the guy said he couldn't be bothered. “Well” suggested the doctor, “try something that leaves you a little short of breath.” So the buy took up smoking.

Once you get labelled, people expect you to behave within the very narrow confines of that label.

I buy smoked mackerel in a vain attempt at being healthy. I do actually really like it, and you don't have to cook it, which is handy.

My dad's a very sensitive man, but as the archetypal rebellious teenager, I didn't realise that.