The Official Nonsense Thread

[Caspin]

Wow, Minty, that seems a deliciously geeky approach to discovering a tune's identity. I would have had no idea how to go about finding a tune without knowing its name or composer and I can't read or write musical notes so I'd be stuck attempting your method (*shakes fist at music educational deficit*) - unless I could somehow play it into one of those tune-deciphering apps, although they may only work for Justin Bieber type stuff. Anyway, well done. I shall call you "Tune Nerd" for the next week, in honour of your success. It is a nice tune btw. Sounds like something you would hear in the middle of Poirot. It's very soothing to cook to. Actually it put me in a bit of trance this afternoon and I nearly overdid my courgettes.

I have never had Glenglassaugh and am possibly pronouncing it badly in my head. Can you write it down phonetically for me? I'm thinking something along the lines of glen-glass-off. Add in my very mildly Scouse accent and it starts to sound a little threatening. What does it taste like? If you recommend it then I will add their distillery to my list for my next whisky tour. At the moment I have a nice bottle brought by a relative who visited the distillery on Arran. I like it a lot but it surprises me every time I have a dram, as it is kind of effervescent-tasting. Weird, but in a good way.

The sad thing about the Panama papers is that you would have predicted the contents. Nice of folk to leak it and all, but it's not surprising material. It's no shock that the richest rich bods are reluctant to pay tax on their dosh. I would like to see Cameron brought down, but we shall see. He survived Pig Gate with barely a ruffled feather. The people of Iceland seem much better at this sort of thing than we are - they marched their PM out of office very efficiently!

Spring is definitely here, Simspeaker. I took my winter coat to the cleaners and have not missed it. And my duvet is down to 4 togs.