According to the BBC, he was watching an Ameruican Football game at the time, I maintain he just passed out from boredom (changing teams every couple of minutes - ye gods, how can they play thay way?<1>)

Dai, Could your references have anything to do with words like "Overlord" and "Mulberry" appearing in crossword puzzles just before D-Day?

Regards

Walrus

<1> If that doesn't lead to thread creep or a new pro- American Football thread.....