Oh there you are!
Sick note to follow but suffice it to say I've bin struck down with the 'dreaded lurgy'.
This to most people would amount to a heavy cold but as a bloke it is FLU, minimum being an eastern variant, I'm thinking Mongolian
but Tibetan would do at a pinch.
Anyroad-up, it has given me the chance to do a bit more reading than usual, what with the Midsomer Murderers having a holiday and Lovejoy similarly absent. Books of choice being Novels rather than my usual 'improving books'.
Anyroad-up again, reading one of Bernard Cornwell's yarns I found out that if, during the French revolution, you were unfortunate enough to be guillotined, it was said that you had, "Sneezed in the basket".
The derevation of this phrase being simply that when the blade comes down and slices off the miscreants head, it makes a noise like someone sneezing.........tishooooo!
Dennypoos, always a learning wosname.