Sales fever is more contagious than H5N1 it appears. Thanks to Television we have been beamed pictures of fever sufferers waiting hours to willingly spend vast sums of money on goods that 2 days earlier were anything up to 70% more expensive.

The shop operators are their own worst enemy. It really annoys me that a gift bought on christmas eve will probably be discounted just after.

I usually give cash presents now as the recipients can maybe get double the goods.