I have a problem. There, I've said it. See, the first step to curing an addition is admitting to it.

My problem is that whilst on the one hand, I'm quite shy, on the other, I like to perform if there's an audience. I can't help it.

I don't mean involuntarily breaking out into song & dance routines whilst queueing at the checkout. It's not a form of show-biz Turrette's Syndrome. It's more that, I suppose I like to keep people entertained, even at the possible risk of looking a bit of an idiot.

Add to this my tendency to rant, and you have the following little video clip, that I've just found. It was filmed sometime in the summer of 2001, whilst on a visit to Britain. This was before I went on the M-Plan diet, and lost weight.

To set the scene, Tim and I had just been over Bath's only toll bridge (in Batheaston), and I, very short of British currency, hadn't quite had enough

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