Llanfair,youare so right. My daughter, when she was 14 or so, tried to go vegeterian for about 6 months. When I spotted her gobbling a bacon butty and enquired as to the sincerity of her resolve, she simply said that bacon doesn't count.

A good bacon butty should not become a banjo - i.e. it shouldn't drip, the fat should all be absorbed by the bread. If one has a soft fried egg with it, it's different of course, then banjo playing is an inevitability.

I wonder if our American friends have understood the significance of the term "banjo" in reference to runny butties.