Me: Folks – I am so horribly sorry, I think I’ve gone mad this morning. I totally forgot that we have a conf call. Rather unbelievable, very, very sorry. Hope you didn’t wait too long

T.: We were still waiting until we got this mail. Quite awkward really as we ran out of things to say at 5:03/9:03. And while we waited, my stock in AIG tanked, D. practiced playing bagpipes (badly), my house was flooded, my kid was left waiting at the school gates, N. decided to become a plumber, my car got a parking ticket, and I stood up my wife – for dinner – on her birthday – and now she’s leaving me – for a plumber!

But hey, no problem.