:: Curses! ::

No Friday round-up from me. The ravages of last minute work queries and an impending Roberto Zucco rehearsal mean that my customary pre-weekend pile of toss has been cruelly curtailed.

"Disappointed" readers will have to put up with feeble linkage regarding the myriad uses of WD-40 and the sorry fate of a chicken whose name is no longer particularly apposite.

So, on the day that it was announced an Elvis impersonator will perform the King's 1000th No1 on TOTP, I bid you farewell...