" ... but I swear, if he had sung the same, self-composed, pile of indulgence one more time in my hearing, I wouldn't have been responsible for my actions."

Well, there you go, Piers, you do understand the reasons for my splenetic outbursts!" Trouble is, I can think of more than one such person.

I have to say, though, that I've kept doggedly to this track because I think it's important. Nevertheless, I don't want to give the impression that I 'have it in ' for ALL singaround participants. Far from it. At my local singaround, the other night, there were several excellent performances - and at least a couple of very high standard indeed.