I must be a bit younger than you – mine was Rubber Soul.

That’s my daughter’s initials and I wanted to get her a tee shirt last time we were in Oz but she didn’t feel comfortable sporting a picture of a dirty great beer can.And our guest is actually teetotal ( yes,he is a genuine native born Australian).

Are you SERIOUS ?! I can’t recognise irony when I see it.

I’m guessing you’ve never seen it,Steve.Try it and give yourself a treat.

What,are you in your second childhood ?My 20 year old daughter likes Nightwish and Evanescence ffs ! What’s the last album you bought ? Mine was Empire of the Sun’s Walking on a dream.

Neither am I,but the Simpsons definitely isn’t the usual abysmally unfunny American pap.It’s a very British sort of humour and exceptionally witty.Try it,it’s brilliant.

He’s here now so I’ll ask him. The umbrella sounds like a good idea.I wish I’d already bought it,it would have been handy to keep the hail off him on Friday.I bet that made a nice change because where he comes from it’s been so hot that his neighbour’s boat exploded on the drive.I’ve been listening to lots of Snow Patrol .

As you can see, I’ve got so bloody old already I can’t even quote from the right post any more – but you know what I mean.