i have a couple of friends who will be upset that i haven't been wholeheartedly against the war in iraq. i can tell you that i am, so please start speaking to me again.

but can i just pass on the expression used by a new zealander in the office - he reckoned we were being "busy as a bricklayer in baghdad"!
ho ho ho, isn't that funny?
......er, mate? where are you going? dang, i knew i shouldn't have listened to a kiwi....