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Thursday, 3 January 2008

The Richard Madeley Award For Headline of the Week

The first recipient of my highly prized 'Headline of the Week' award is to be found over at the United Nations Population Fund website. I love a good prosaic headline and the United Nations do them better than anybody.

Delivering Hope in Nigeria: Natalie Imbruglia Visits Newly Launched Fistula Project

I think what makes it work so well is the internal rhyme. Which has led me to launch The Official Richard Madeley Rhyming Couplet Competition. You've got the rhyme, now I want you give me a couplet.

For example:

There once a pretty singer called Imbruglia
Who did charitable things for the fistula.

Wednesday, 2 January 2008

How Tall Is Jeremy Paxman?

To the person currently searching Google to ascertain the correct vertical dimension of the nation's favourite surely current affairs presented, I can confirm that Jeremy Paxman is 5 feet and 7 inches tall, though his inside leg measurement is still a somewhat impressive 32 inches.

It was a pleasure to be of service.