And the thing about that "How refreshing to meet a waitress who won't serve you a second cup of coffee because, in her words, she can't be arsed" is that from pretty well anyone else on the radio it woudld have been meant sarcastically.

But with John you know he meant what he said - relishing the oddity of life, taking pleasure in the waitress's insistance on being a person, with her touch of bloody mindedness, and proud that Liverpool hasn't rolled over and surrendered.