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• @steevbishop Well done you. And The Red Lion is indeed a lovely pub, even when full of rowdies! in reply to steevbishop #
• Jesus, you buy ONE THING at Ann Summers, and you get surreally not-quite-soft-porny advertising e-mails for the rest of your life… #
• @thoughtmecca Heh, yeah, sorry, I don’t know if I really promoted it that much at the time. in reply to thoughtmecca #
• HEY EVERYBODY! There’s an Elephant Words Twitter account, for keeping up with EW updates. @Elephantwords is the name! GO FOLLOW! #
• @quirkybird Did you see the Twitter Horror story that was posted up at Elephant Words a couple of days ago? in reply to quirkybird #
• “You only find out what you can live with once someone crosses that line.” #
• “I’m a fucking trauma hologram, talking about things that happened years ago like they were now.” #
• Creativity hates company. #
• On cover of woman across table’s magazine: Men reveal the turn-ons they’ve kept secret til now! #
• Willing to bet they miss out a few on my list. #
• On train, to London, to meet a baby. #
• Oh, great, we failed at getting to the train at Tottenham Hale on time… #
• … As we wait for the next train, my iPod shuffle runs down, on You Can’t Always Get What You Want. #

• @Mickipedia Well, sure. Jesus is a name, but god is a word, right? Does it capitalise OTHER names? Or is the iPhone religiously confused? in reply to Mickipedia #
• Oh my gods, a major BSG revelation… Watching Episode 410. Actually, the episode is CALLED “Revelations”, so I shouldn’t be surprised! #
• OH GODS MORE REVELATIONS! This episode is turning out to be ALL revelations! Maybe it should have been called Exhaust All Narrative Avenues! #
• OH WOW THE FINAL BIG REVEAL! You know, I have to say, if I’d seen that last scene BEFORE hiatus, I probably would have slit my wrists… #
• … the whole last scene is like the most depressing Gap or perfume ad in the world ever. (Deliberately vague on @sulman’s behalf). #
• I know irritation & invasion of space is supposed to be the thing that bothers you most, but is anybody counting the emotional cost of… #
• … getting mail notifications about new Twitter followers that turn out to be marketing accounts? Surely all those tiny heartbreaks add up? #
• @thoughtmecca You mean EVERYBODY gets the porn accounts? You’ve just made things worse! I thought that was just me – that it was flirtation! in reply to thoughtmecca #
• @jackassletters I never have been good at pre-emptive rejection. in reply to jackassletters #
• HAH! There’s another! So other people boot spam? I’m not worried about accurate follower numbers so I tend to just leave them to fester. #
• @douglasnoble You’ve stopped them wearing those little elf dog outfits? At last! It’s frankly just undignified… in reply to douglasnoble #
• @douglasnoble Oh, for… Why would you…? They were just about to start trusting us with childcare again, and NOW look what you’ve done. in reply to douglasnoble #
• @idsharman It’s possible you just haven’t got the right sort of societal footprint. A couple of court orders & the right internet history… in reply to idsharman #
• … the pornographers will be clamouring at your door. @idsharman #
• Right. ENOUGH. I am NOT going to watch the next episode of BSG, OR the next episode of Lost. I am going to put the dog to sleep, regroup… #
• … & do the rest of my writing in bed. #
• “TO BED”! “TO BED”! Not “Put the dog to sleep”! Jesus, I ALWAYS get those two mixed up. #
• @joshhechinger God comes down and gives you actual, exchangeable God vouchers, you kick the head clean off… in reply to joshhechinger #
• The advert for the remake of Friday The 13th doesn’t leave much to the imagination… #
• @joshhechinger OH HA! Thass so funny I fergot to larf… </mackenzie crook> No, I mean, it has a title-card 13-count, & each shows a murder. in reply to joshhechinger #
• @joshhechinger … to the extent that in one it clearly seems to show a “machete in the back of head” moment, only without blade removal… in reply to joshhechinger #
• @joshhechinger … in another it shows a girl in the water about to be cut down by a power boat, only cutting away at the second of impact. in reply to joshhechinger #
• @joshhechinger I felt probably as freaked out and exhilarated watching the trailer as I would do watching the film…! in reply to joshhechinger #
• “I feel alone and detached from the world…”. “You, sir, are a freak!” VERY pleased to have found some old lost mp3s. EG. Nojahoda! #
• @wilw Do you know of Louise Wener? I reckon she probably gets defined as a britpop moppet all the time, though she’s been a writer longer… in reply to wilw #
• @wilw … which I imagine you can relate to. Still, I still kind of fancy her off the back of her music career, so… in reply to wilw #
• @douglasnoble Ah, you know, I forgot that. in reply to douglasnoble #
• N’night, Twitter! #
• @caseymckinnon I’ve not really heard anybody mention this new season so far – which seems like a contrast to the LAST season. in reply to caseymckinnon #
• I’m an ep behind on Lost at the moment, but for your consideration, my thoughts on the last bit of season 4 at nixsight: http://is.gd/hMDI #
• @wossy/@stephenfry As de facto Twitter ambassadors, I thought you may be interested in @davidbaillie’s Tweet-themed story: http://is.gd/hBE1 #
• @Bournemouthecho Well, it’s certainly good to know that we Brits don’t have the monopoly on wanky wounded outrage! in reply to Bournemouthecho #
• @Sulman I KNEW those bastards couldn’t be trusted! in reply to Sulman #
• @onelifeleft I don’t know from relevant, but does OLL have a Mario Kart Wii friend code? in reply to onelifeleft #
• @McKelvie HAH! That’s actually perfect. Kind of makes me want to see them do the whole movie… in reply to McKelvie #
• “CLEARLY IF GOD DICTATED A MESSAGE TO HIS PEOPLE, HE WOULD YELL IT OUT. CONSEQUENTLY, CAPITAL LETTERS ACCURATELY REFLECT HIS INTENT.” #
• I know retweeting is a bit lazy, but seriously – Lookit: http://is.gd/hNlm – via @McKelvie #
• @steevbishop She is like the anti e.e.cummings. EE CUMMINGS if you will… in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop Quite the opposite. Our aircon & heating is set to the perfect schedule so that we are ALWAYS uncomfortably hot or cold. in reply to steevbishop #
• @Charlotta My mum failed to do her taxes properly for her business last year. Not sure exactly when the court dates are… in reply to Charlotta #
• @Bournemouthecho A circuitous effort to lose customers? in reply to Bournemouthecho #
• @Mykx 28…. uh… Gays Later? 28 Freaks Later? in reply to Mykx #
• @nixsight I Am Bell-end? in reply to nixsight #
• @Mykx Night Of The Giving Head? in reply to Mykx #
• @dailyecho Something for the weekend? REALLY? Tut tut. #
• @Mykx Um… You do know that Nemo wasn’t a zombie film, right? in reply to Mykx #
• @Mykx Hah! Is “Porn Of The Dead” a bit obvious? in reply to Mykx #
• @Mykx I don’t know, but they really should. It might be problematic… wasn’t it a curious case? Was Hitman himself creator-owned somehow? in reply to Mykx #
• @Mykx Hah… it’s got loads of DCU characters in it, so THAT won’t happen… in reply to Mykx #
• The… uh… the local newspapers are talking to each other. MEDIA CONSPIRACY! #
• @rstevens But, what, SIMILAR to Gary Coleman? Dammit, man, this story needs some fleshing out! in reply to rstevens #
• @rstevens Jan Michael Vincent? in reply to rstevens #
• Everybody should suggest alt-teen hearthrobs to @rstevens until it strikes a chord. We MUST get to the bottom of this… #
• (Actually, no, don’t. I’m just not cut out for this kind of rabble-rousing…) #
• (@rstevens Elephant Words fact: The busiest the site has EVER been was when we advertised at Diesel Sweeties. You rock!) #
• (@Bournemouthecho Is there a Portsmouth Echo?) #
• @Bournemouthecho Oh, but they’re not all Echoey. They’re much more Newsy, I’m guessing. That’s MUCH less fun. in reply to Bournemouthecho #
• @Bournemouthecho I was once interviewed by @dailyecho. Years later, the interviewer lived next door to us, by coincidence. TRUE STORY! in reply to Bournemouthecho #
• @Bournemouthecho HAH! Girl One is from near Dorchester. I only ever hear it WaHEYMouth, now. in reply to Bournemouthecho #
• My story on a proper, honest to godness anthology that – when it comes to light – will be awesome, is in the can. The feeling is new & good! #
• @kmellon It’s not nearly as good as the very similar “Some Kind Of Wonderful”. Aww, Mary Stuart Masterson! in reply to kmellon #

Lost Season 04: 09-13

I felt a little ambivalent watching these episodes – mainly because I had to watch them before the new season aired, and I kind of already had some idea of where it was going to end up.

In some ways, that’s fitting, because inevitability and impatience is what really marked this season for me.

It’s been interesting seeing how this show has changed approach to episode structure with each season.

The first season stuck strictly to character specific flashbacks till the finale.

The second season dealt, to almost widespread criticism, mainly with establishing past histories for newer or previously unseen characters, though it started the season trying to reconcile the fact that the series regulars aren’t together any more.

The third brings in The Others, and though there are still flashbacks for our original survivors, this is where the focus starts to shift, from the past to the future, with predictions, plans, and an eye to what might be happening off the island, with the final episode of the season making this focus literal with a flash-forward to how badly things have gone wrong – or at least seem to have – once the survivors – at least some of them – make it off the island.

Season four was pretty much all flash-forwards. And catching up on these episodes all at once, I realised what the basic problem I had with that was, and why I wasn’t really in any hurry to watch them when they broadcast – once it became apparent that this was how the season was going to run, that made the whole season about treading water until it caught up with itself – like those first few odd episodes of season two.

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• @andydiggle Did you see The Forbidden Kingdom? It’s not AWESOME, but might go some way to satisfy your yen for Chan in a Monkey movie… in reply to andydiggle #
• Oh, blimey, Athena, that’s going to put the cat among the pigeons… #
• Seriously, how’m I supposed to concentrate on writing about Lost when BSG is keeping my attention so totally? #
• Oh, wow you guys… Sometimes I am SO proud of Elephant Words. @davidbaillie has, I think, maybe made history over there today/yesterday… #
• I’ve seen fiction ON Twitter, but haven’t seen Twitter Fiction quite like: Tweet In The Tale by @davidbaillie – http://is.gd/hBE1 #
• @Groonk Cool beans! It’s smart enough that I even suggested it to BoingBoing – something I don’t do any more because of past knockbacks. in reply to Groonk #
• @neilhimself Aww, Fairuza! She’s one of my favourites… Totally MADE The Craft. That & the soundtrack, that is… in reply to neilhimself #
• WHAT Death movie?? Is this something that happened already, is happening, or just a crazy @Groonk brainfart? #
• Wonder if it’s a girl thing, a girlfriend thing, or a Girl One thing: Making a point of telling you repeatedly that every second counts… #
• … While telling you repeatedly that every second counts. Which takes up valuable seconds. That weren’t valuable until there were fewer. #
• @steevbishop Oh, but you see, nothing actually gets DONE any quicker. There is just more rushing & fretting around the same timetable… in reply to steevbishop #
• @Sulman Oh, gee, when I first read “Gmail is coming offline”, my first thought was that this was one of your predicted society-fail outages! in reply to Sulman #
• @Sulman Although, of course, in the case of Skynet, ONLINE is what we need to worry about… in reply to Sulman #
• Thanks for posting that @giagia. Fry totally on form in that interview – & showing genuine passion about tech. Lovely! http://is.gd/hEw9 #
• “If you asked the Chuckle Brothers to do that, they’d go ‘Pfssssh’” #
• Enjoying watching old Charlie Brooker videos about shows I like. If @steevbishop didn’t go on about him so much, I wouldn’t know him at all! #
• Living in the US for awhile has done something strange & delightful to Neil Gaiman’s speaking voice: http://is.gd/hEHh. Oddly appealing… #
• @Sulman Hah! Agreed on the sadface, but the last line, about pissed off Carpenter fans? Hard to imagine this being worse for them than GOM! in reply to Sulman #
• Idea orgasms about a possible EW side project are exciting me this morning – though I just KNOW it’s not going to work the way I’m thinking! #
• Thing I’ve struggled with as a creative type – All of your ideas are priceless & worthless at the same time. Implementation is ALL. #
• @steevbishop @Sulman … it’s something that I manage through doing Elephant Words, but thinking about new projects prompts it again! #
• @serafinowicz Agreed. & Reading comments on the link you sent, I felt an overwhelming sense of “ah, never mind. Tell her off, let it be.” in reply to serafinowicz #
• @serafinowicz I feel like it will impact the show more to boot her than her misstep will in the first place. in reply to serafinowicz #
• @giagia Aaaw, lookit. It’s been a bit of a baby year so far, 2009. Looks like there’s more to come, too, huh? in reply to giagia #

• @davidbaillie HAH! It’s so long since I last saw you on here, you could literally be talking about ANYONE… Who hates you this time? in reply to davidbaillie #
• Oh fucking hell, last week’s TV post sits heavy in my drafts like @sulman’s porridge in Dog One’s gut… #
• … If I didn’t have OCD, I could probably leave a week – I’d be the only one who noticed. BUT IT WOULDN’T BE RIGHT! #
• @davidbaillie Ah, him! I fogr in reply to davidbaillie #
• Bleurgh… sorry, Twitter… that was useless. #
• @davidbaillie Ah, him! I forget in some ways that you are in some ways a mover &/or a shaker! Otherwise, Boingboing hates me, too! #
• @davidbaillie 24 hours is an eternity on Twitter. And a day is a long time in politics. Plus, everything can change in a New York minute. #
• @Sulman Mmmm, but it was such TASTY wallpaper paste… in reply to Sulman #
• Last night I dreamed that Alan Moore was a guest on QI. It seemed that he & @stephenfry were good friends. At one point, they swapped seats. #
• @Mykx Possibly an excess of spit? I mean, I don’t know about you, but I can’t really chow down on ANYTHING if I’m feeling all gummy. in reply to Mykx #
• @Mykx Burgers, pasta, fruit, ANYTHING. in reply to Mykx #
• @Mykx Oh, no no. I mean, in MY case, that’s why I’d spit. If I spit. Which I don’t, because it’s quite the worst thing. Food is the only… in reply to Mykx #
• … thing I put in my mouth, & one requires a comfy mouth to do it. For a porn star, their needs may vary from mine… @Mykx #
• @Sulman Heh… @mykx is on a mission to lose followers. It’s possible he didn’t expect that attempt to garner serious consideration… in reply to Sulman #
• @Sulman Good point – as well, a few people are using something to block @ tweets that aren’t to them, aren’t they? in reply to Sulman #
• @Emmavieceli Oh, now that’s different from the other Audiosurf video I’ve seen of you singing. Lovely! Easy to imagine @ The Bronze… #
• @douglasnoble Glad He Ate Her? in reply to douglasnoble #
• @Emmavieceli Think you posted on LJ a while back: it was a little faster & I think a slightly tidier production, tho that could be the vid. in reply to Emmavieceli #
• @Emmavieceli If I’m honest, if you bundled a few of your tracks for download, they’d certainly make it onto my mp3 player! Also, Audiosurf! in reply to Emmavieceli #
• @douglasnoble Oh, I see. Has one of you already done Les Miserables? in reply to douglasnoble #
• Petra has done what I’m pretty sure is a meta-flash-fiction – 3rd comment down here: http://is.gd/hwRL – Heh. I like it. Even if it’s spam! #
• Twitter is odd. Some days, it’s like a place for people to publicly interact with spam. Which makes me wonder: Do people PRIVATELY do that? #
• @Sulman Is THAT what we’re calling it, now? Apparently, it is GREAT for the prostate! in reply to Sulman #
• @onelifeleft Oooh, just listening to the podcast right now. You people make good radio. in reply to onelifeleft #
• @steevbishop Aiii! Peter O’Hanraha-hanrahan! God, I love you for tweeting that. in reply to steevbishop #
• @brubaker Because for some reason, nobody really got the impression the show was “cool” enough early on. I always found it fun, mind. in reply to brubaker #
• @brubaker Dammit, Amazon.co.uk isn’t showing that Criminal volume yet. REALLY want it… #

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• @steevbishop @laineyw I don’t know WHY it is, but I do some pretty hard thinkin’ while in the shower. I think it’s absence of distraction. #
• @Sulman Yes Yes! The results are sometimes messy, but ALWAYS satisfying! Thoughts! in reply to Sulman #
• @thoughtmecca Oh, man, that’s rough. Been there! I think I already know what I’m doing this week, but may procrastinate myself out of it… in reply to thoughtmecca #
• @steevbishop Uh, a kiddie-show theatre? You mean a theatre for kiddies? in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop Well, obviously I knew what you meant, but it sounded skewy to me is all! in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop I ENTIRELY missed the whole thing about the iron… it sounds awful, dude…! in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop It sounds a little bit more like YOU learned a valuable lesson about R putting things away once no longer needed! in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop That makes it sound almost dirty, dude… Virgin Tweet indeed… in reply to steevbishop #
• OK I ADMIT IT! I only read the Journalista feed for the quotes at the top. #

• @elizabethgenco Sorry to hear that. Losing a pet sucks. in reply to elizabethgenco #
• About to fire up Lost season premiere, & wrap Girl One’s presents for tomorrow. Eyes sore, though… how will I cope..? #
• Oh wow you guys… the new season of Lost has gone into both incredible, insane & at least immediately apparently consistent new directions! #
• Plus, you know, it’s good. #
• @douglasnoble Pfah! I poo on your sarcasm! Also, you’ve given me an opportunity to use “Pfah!”, so I am a double-winner…! in reply to douglasnoble #
• Wow, I am totally rocking this Totoro home-made birthday card. #
• @swashford Same here. It sucks – I need to change my sleeping habits… in reply to swashford #
• @steevbishop Ah, so we’ll be nose spray buddies – Girl One is picking up my newest spray from the chemist today. in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop More & more, that’s been my impression, though it’s not something I required. @Sulman The poor bastard. Tho maybe you mean ep2? #
• @steevbishop FINALLY watched those ‘Being Human’ teasers. Quite fun, though ‘Annie’ one was let down by some shocking action by the hauntee. in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop No, I missed it. So far the internet is telling me it isn’t as good as the pilot. The internet ALWAYS says that, though. #
• @Malakym Don’t beat yourself up over it – it got a little positive attention, but got swept up in a lot of other awesome TV. Great show tho! #
• @steevbishop Heh… will have to hook it out. I’ve long since stopped worrying about what the INTERNET says. It is full of funts & cuckery! #
• While we’re on the subject of vampires (@steevbishop & I KINDA were) – just saw & loved this trailer – http://www.lettherightoneinmovie.com/ #
• “If I had travelled through time & remained in the same place, I would totally not want to go to my office & see myself on the internet…” #
• “… It would be depressing.” From e-mail, inspired by Lost. #
• @bremxjones I ALWAYS forget about Tricky, but he influenced the fuck out of me a decade or so back. in reply to bremxjones #

• http://twitpic.com/16pbe – Almost realtime crockpot pork stew #
• Crockpot Pork stew a success, as was Sticky Treacle pudding. Then Girl One & her parents administered a sound thrashing to me at Catan… #
• Incidentally, folks, my EW piece went up today – If We Leave Right Now, It’ll Always Be A Party – http://is.gd/h6vJ #
• It’s about guitars, and old friends, and memories. #
• Harrison Ford on two terrestrial channels. Retrospectively, Air Force One has a great cast, dunnit? #
• “GET OFF MY PLANE!” #
• @mrtonylee Was Underworld 3 that good? 1st was a guilty pleasure until it wasn’t any more, haven’t seen the 2nd. in reply to mrtonylee #
• @BlazingShark They have off days? in reply to BlazingShark #
• @katiewest I’m pretty sure Rhona Mitra was either the first or second Lara Croft – for promotional purposes – at least in the UK. in reply to katiewest #
• @BlazingShark Nah, I think it means you should masturbate LOUDER. When I had a roomie (housie?) I never let it stop me. Uh… in reply to BlazingShark #
• @mrtonylee Hm. I prefer RM to KB, so I’d actually expect it to be better, just because of that. KB is a terribly uncharismatic protagonist! in reply to mrtonylee #
• @mrtonylee … But I liked seeing Bill Nighy & Michael Sheen eat up their screen time. Plus, actually cool werewolves… in reply to mrtonylee #
• Werewolves SHOULD be easy to make cool, but it’s so rare that they look any good at all on screen. #
• The new Golf is a pretty daft concept done pretty dang well. Sometimes the only person you have to beat… is yourself. #
• After watching the last 20 mins of Air Force One, in which about 5 things happen every minute, I’ve watched 10 mins of Witness. Not 1 thing! #
• On the sofa tonight, because we have houseguests. Dog One is lying on my feet, snoring softly. There is nothing cuter than a snoring dog. #
• I forgot how good Sean Penn was in Carlito’s Way. Wish I had the energy to watch the rest of this. #
• @Groonk Yeah, oddly enough, that account added me earlier on. Whoever it is, they’ve got the voice down perfectly, so I am following them… in reply to Groonk #
• @Groonk … seriously doubt Steve Coogan is on here, or if he is, that he’d be in character as AP, but it’s a lot of fun. in reply to Groonk #
• Actually, kinda LOVE idea of Coogan using Twitter as a playpen for his characters. He & Brydon are masters of 360 degree characterisation. #
• @douglasnoble The more I think about it, the more I think that if you don’t get to shag Jenny Agutter, there’s no point being a werewolf. in reply to douglasnoble #
• @douglasnoble Mind you, Lon Chaney JR! Grew up on those Wolf Man/Dracula/Frankenstein movies. Plus, y’know, Who’s on first. in reply to douglasnoble #
• “Even a man who is pure of heart & says his prayers by night, may turn into a werewolf when the moon is full and bright.” #
• And on that note, I bid you goodnight, fellow twitterphiles… #
• Rrrrr… I feel like I just spent a night sleeping on a sofa. Still, soon to go bowling, for the first time in a LONG time… #
• @Groonk I saw, though that one seems mostly to just be a random AP quote generator… in reply to Groonk #
• It occurs to me, in the full light of day, that @mrtonylee may have been being arch about latest Underworld: his mini review is ambiguous… #
• @mrtonylee MUCH! Now I don’t feel silly for continuing a monologue based on what may have been a brainstupid on my part…! in reply to mrtonylee #
• @joshhechinger You were surprised how much you liked @harrmylandIV? in reply to joshhechinger #
• GAH! You try to pull off a stupid joke, you ALWAYS end up looking stupid, Nick, you KNOW this… #
• @joshhechinger I’ve been ogling the Lego games on the Wii for a while, but I just can’t actually picture how the control system will work. in reply to joshhechinger #

• Can anyone else smell burning plastic? #
• http://twitpic.com/16lpo – Almost realtime crockpot pork stew. #
• Oooh, Charlie Brooker on Twitter? I wonder how long it will hold his attention. Loved his obit for Oliver Postgate the other week… #
• About 3 eps off new season of Lost, but need to catch up. Have been told that I can feel smug about some old, old predictions I made… #
• … now desperately want to know what they are…! I say a LOT of stuff, as you might imagine… #
• @douglasnoble GODDAMIT! SPOILERS! You know, it might well have been the Lego thing that I predicted… & agree on the show…! in reply to douglasnoble #
• @steevbishop Nuh-uh… here: http://twitter.com/charltonbrooker. Pretty sure that’s him, anyway… in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop See? I’m no giggly fanboy schoolgirl! I know my internets! in reply to steevbishop #
• Man, this Elephant Words piece is kicking me in the nuts. It isn’t NEARLY as easy as I saw it in my head… #
• @steevbishop I agree re: the famous. Though it doesn’t feel like it takes that long before they don’t seem that famous any more. in reply to steevbishop #
• For example, I follow @greggrunberg because of his boundless enthusiasm, not because of his sterling work on Alias and Lost! #
• @steevbishop Dude, it’s only going to get worse, after messrs Fry & Ross talked about Twitter last night! in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop Damn straight. I was already bored of it before it launched! in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop (Twitter, not Pulling…) in reply to steevbishop #
• http://twitpic.com/16n26 – Realtime crockpot pork stew. Smells yum. #
• @thenoshow Oh, man… Bell, Book & Candle is GREAT. Wish I’d caught it… It’s a bit of a favourite. in reply to thenoshow #