It's a mad, mad, mad world.

The weather has been lovely over the past few weeks. So I’ve heard, at any rate – there was something on News 24 about the weather between shotguns in the face and money getting taken away from everyone everywhere.

I try to avoid going outside when I can - something is bound to happen if you are so bold as to venture out of your front door, through the gate and into the dangerous world beyond.

You could get mugged, stabbed, beaten, left for head, abused, attacked. You could get run over crossing the road, you might fall down an open manhole or bitten by a stray vicious dog. You could get stung by a bee or bitten by a vicious bug and discover at the last inopportune moment that you have an allergy you weren't previously aware of. I wonder how many people die each year of allergies they weren't previously aware of...

And yet, thinking about it, staying at home you might just as likely have an aeroplane land on the house or something equally and unspeakably awful. It's a dangerous game, this thing they call life.