"Since Ruth - whose judgement I trust implicitly - has done you the honour of treating what you wrote seriously, I might as well do the same, but I still think the stuff about Simon Cowell is a wind-up."

I did ignore that bit, Dave. :)

My daughter is 13 - the other day I found her e-mailing some of my daft Towersey photos of Saul Rose (including one in his Demon Barbie bikini and pink wig) to one of her school friends - turns out this girl really fancies him! I found this hilarious. And no, I haven't told Saul.