Well, folks, I went and saw Burns tonight, to give him the train tickets he was hoping to get in time for the weekend.
Poor chap is a bit down, he said for me tell the OSF bunch he has had a shit weekend.
He apparently (he will correct this when he got back) went to get a coach to Mand's but the fare was £40 which was a bit much for a pauper student, so he went to the trains, which were even more, so, rather depressed, he caught a coach to his g/f's. He thought "I know, I'll ring Mand and tell her I'm not going to make it". Then he thought, "FFS, some fook wit has stolen my mobile". Which is why we can't raise him on it. Someone has lifted it. He is insured, but is waiting for a replacement.
To try to cheer him up, I took him a tin of spam from you lot, one with extra smelly french garlic in it, coz Burns likes gaaaaaaaaaaaarlic.
Be gentle with him when he gets back, like you lot can!! He didn't even go to the NEC clothes show with his g/f. When his brother went to another show that was on at the same time as the clothes show a few years back, he looked at the girls there and said, "result, fanny fest". I don't know where they get it from....