Yes it's official. A researcher's report in the journal "Science" has concluded that simply holding a hot cup of tea or coffee is sufficient to engender warm feelings towards strangers thinking them more welcoming and trustworthy. The warmth of a drink also influences whether people are more likely to be selfish or give to others. So if you want a happy workplace full of generous giving people buy one of our boilers and give everyone a nice piping hot drink to hold. They might even drink them when they have finished hugging each other.
I reckon that Dermot's got his own Instanta boiler in his dressing room. Have you ever seen anyone with warmer feelings towards his fellow man? I feel a bit sorry for him now as we are down to the last few contestants and less hugging opportunities. Mind you I bet he's keeping his fingers crossed that the extremely huggable Ruth stays in a bit longer.
Talking of staying a bit longer, could the dire Daniel have parodied that Peter Kay show any more than he did on Saturday night? What a travesty. OK his wife died but does that make him a great singer? I don't think so. What's he going to sing next week when he has to sing for survival? It wouldn't surprise me if they wheeled on a potter's wheel and he sang "Unchained Melody". But I'm pretty sure that this one is pretty high on the list of possibilities. It will bring the house down and send home some other poor bugger who can sing but hasn't got a sob story.
One thing's for sure. It's a disco theme next week and Daniel WON'T be singing "Staying Alive".
It's only a matter of days now to the US election. Readers will know that I put over £900 on Barack winning but I have to say that I got cold feet on Saturday after reading about the Bradley effect and laid Obama. This means that if he wins I only win £80 but if he loses I still win a couple of quid. What's the Bradley effect?
Tom Bradley was a Los Angleles mayor who, according to the polls, had an unassailable lead in a gubernatorial race. However when the results came out he lost. It appears that when responding to polls people don't want to appear prejudiced but in the safety of the polling booth they can reveal their true colours and poor Tom's colour wasn't the right one.
We are at the NEC at the moment at the Interbuild exhibition. Yesterday was pretty good. The stand looks good and the customers' response to the equipment was great. Will try and post some photos tomorrow if I can find the camera lead.
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