| Monday, February 25, 2002 |
 | Five interesting facts about coal.
Five interesting facts about Kev's PC.
Five interesting facts about Lee Coddrington-Marshall.
Five interesting facts abou- now hang on a second.
I have no wish to be a curmudgeon, but none of these sets of facts is really very interesting. OK, I concede that there may be people out there for whom coal or Kev's computer may be far more interesting than they are to little me, but that's really a very personal thing.
And, furthermore, I will quite readily concede that there is an air of mystery about the extension of Lee and Ed's networks. Why is there a client in the flat of somebody else in Lee's building? Why does Ed have four workstations, but only use one? Does he have workstation parties? But at best these are tantalising facts - facts which suggest that they may - may - lead under interrogation to an interesting fact. Not facts that in themselves seduce.
So, the only real standard-bearer for interest is the "trouser fact". I will concede that, although not interesting in the strictest sense, the fact that somebody has often considered investing in a men's skirt, that someone being Ed, is at least enough to elicit a sort of non-verbal "oh" response, combined perhaps with a cold thrill of apprehension running up the base of one's spine.
So, can you think of five facts about you, three of which are simply not interesting, one of which incites you to believe that it may or may not be the entance to a tunnel complex leading to an interesting fact or anecdote, and one of which is at the same time mildly interesting, slightly disquieting and about your trousers? Tell Me.
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