on 3 March 2004 Hoss received this email:

Me and Eva reckon we'll go to the Isle of Wight festival this June. On Friday 11 June Stereophonics and Groove Armada are playing; on Saturday 12 June the Who, Manic Street Preachers and others are playing; and on Sunday David Bowie, the Charlatans and others are playing. Interested? Here's a web link: http://www.isleofwightfestival.com/nokia.asp

Wil

Hoss replied:

Isle of Wight festival! Way to go! You cats are just CRAZY. Sorry, but the thought of waking up to the muzzy smell of moist canvas and then trying to take a dump in a plastic box with Dido warbling in the background has all the appeal of plunging head first into a cesspit full of Darren Day's diarrhoea.

p.s. - Apparently Tory grandee Douglas Hurd has recently bought a pad on the island. Someone has just emailed Radio 5 with the suggestion that he should now be known as Lord Hurd of Cowes.

p.p.s. - Is it just me or does Cherie Blair look like a cross between the Joker from the first Batman movie and a bulimic owl?

Hoss