I used to swim for exercise but it started to bother one of my shoulders (life is perverse). I guess it was sort of boring but I discovered that one sometimes sees amazing things at swimming pools. I discovered that Kim Beasley sometimes went to the Sommerset Pool (Vik Park) in those days. He was one of the few swimmers who were slower than me and he didn't much like the denizens of the change room talking politics at him. I was waiting for him to become prime minister so I could brag properly about having seen him naked, but it wasn't to be.

You're welcome to drop around to our place on Tuesday evenings for a spot of Settlers now that you're an addict.

How do buggered knees go with the idea of going to the zoo? There are probably wheely things there for pushing people around.