In light of the mid-term electins, I wonder have the people of the United States finally take George W. Bush's own words to heart? You may remember his famous mixed-up quote that went something like this: "There's an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee -- that says, 'fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me' -- you can't get fooled again."

"I'm 20 years old. Is it a crime to go ... dancing with your friends?" That's what party girl and actor Lindsay Lohan said to Oprah Winfrey in her own defence - and it's a pretty good one. Lohan has been accussed of unprofessional behaviour in the past, but her latest director Emilio Estevez says she turned up on set on time and did the best work of her life in his movie, Bobby, about Robert Kennedy's assassination.

Another of life's little irritations. I was trying to find a business in the Yellow Pages and I found the name of the place and a street number. What the book didn't say is that the place I was looking for is actually in a huge shopping complex that doesn't display a street number. Would it kill them to name the shopping centre in the listing - or for the shopping centre to prominently display its street number? In fact, I thought all businesses were legally required to do that.