"sing U-BOAT!" "there's no such song"

Today, The Brother was interviewed on a local radio station about the find. Also, I note that Wikipedia mentions the find, although only barely. For those who are interested I have an audio clip of the interview - email me if you're interested, as I'm not linking it.

helpful AND funny shop assistant

The denims I bought in a hurry last week, despite being "my size", are just fractionally too big at the waist, and putting a belt on, while effective, puts an extra crease down the front. Nothing too disastrous since I tend to wear a shirt over the denims anyway, but I figured I'd at least see if the shop was willing to trade them for a smaller pair.

Alas, the denims were purchased on sale and the remaining stock is all the same size as what I already have. We discussed my options, whereupon the assistant suuggested, "why don't you just put on some weight?"

Eventually I figured, heck, they're close enough to fitting that I'll cope. And maybe take up a steak-and-guinness diet in the meantime.