Now then co Messiah and co Messiah Emeritus with Gnomish attributes....

Around my neck of the woods, we shouted White Rabbits! On 1 March, not 1 May....

I like May Day. No religious cult has tried to claim it, so perhaps the only fully inclusive holiday we get without old ladies knocking on the door asking if we want to help celebrate the "real Christian" holiday rather than lay on the settee watching football and farting. As we are on holiday, it also means Mrs Musket only has to put in 9 days leave as next Monday is a bank holiday.

Ed, your anon quote is from Horace poem, in Monty Python's Big Red Book. Incidentally, I happen to know Jeremy Clarkson has a copy of said book and is known for quoting from it. Nobody has mentioned in the press story yet, but it includes eeny, meeny, miny, mo.......