July. Just July.

[Sweder]

to my mind he sounds like a sleep-deprived, half-drunken funeral director;

Err . . . I think that's the point . . . I'm sure the Chuckle Brothers' version is pretty entertaining, but had DT been asked he'd certainly have, if not approved, dipped his troubled brow in aknowledgement at Burton's offering.

night in the four-ale, quiet as a domino;

I take it that's not a serious question, MLCman

Andy's right - perhaps too many nudge-nudge, wink-wink moments in UMW to appeal to the masses. Granted, one of Motorhead's most avid supporters is an unlikely source of support for what it's fair to say has been described by many suffering students as a mournful dirge . . . but even mournful dirges have their time and place.

If I want to crack myself in two I'll stick on some John Cooper Clarke - if you've not inhaled his fabulous work download I Married A Monster From Outer Space or Daily Express - social commentary with a thick mancunian accent; simply marvelous.

Right, thats enough giggles . . . I'm staring bleary-eyed down the barrel of a hilly 12 miler with a bunch of hopped-up endorphin-heads with kick-off a mere hour-fifteen away . . .