iChatting to an old chum tonight, it turns out that he's a Mason. Which rather surprises me, not least because unsaid chum is about as far-removed from the conventional 'lodge' image as it's possible to get. He's not even white, for heaven's sake (er... joke, but you knew that).

Subsequent to this Earth-shattering revelation, the chat included phrases like: 'Oriental 33 is like half peruvians.' I have absolutely no idea what the hell is going on.

I am, however, in absolute hysterics about the absurdity of it all.