I'm still not convinced by this, but I was chatting to Mix Master El Bastardos Rock Star about it yesterday and he made a couple of points:

"...the thing is that BT enables you to have a nice level of anonymity and be playful before committing yourself. I think this is what people like... also the immediacy of it (i.e. the fact that it's someone nearby) probably gives somewhat of a kick."

The idea of "playfulness" and its important in this sort of communication isn't something that had occurred to me. Mind you, then he said:

"I do think it would be quite nice though if your personality could be tattooed on your forehead as a bar code (as you once aspired to). I think we should then be given optical scanners and scan each other to see if we are interesting. That would be cool."

"I currently have a lot of my son's friends locked up in the garage, and I'm applying electrical charges to their genitals and sexually humiliating them in order to get them to tell me where my son goes after choir practice."

Terry Jones on torture.

At a loose end in Brighton this Sunday evening? Fancy some top choir action? Check this out. Devi@FP says: "Just so you get an idea of what to expect, our repertoire consists of songs by the Scissor Sisters, Stevie Wonder, Gloria Gaynor and Mary Chaplin…!"