AT last, a chance to wax lyrical. Superdrug have announced that following the success of a day offering free "Hollywoods" and "Brazilians" in London, such treatments will be available in most of its high street shops soon, including Watford.

After establishing the chain wasn't advocating a return to slavery after snatching numerous unsuspecting residents from the streets of Rio and Los Angeles, I can now reveal this news apparently relates to its in-store bikini wax bars.

So are the women of Watford more Bushey than they'd like to be?

To be honest I wouldn't really like to speculate, so I thought I'd throw the debate open to you, my beloved readers (both of you). Are you crying out for a good waxing, or would you rather stay as nature intended?

Would you prefer a Brazilian (a thin strip) or a Hollywood (the full monty)? Or would you rather Superdrug stop this kind of thing altogether?

Answers on a postcard to the usual address please, c/o the diary. The results should be interesting as unexpected trends have already been observed.

Apparently ten per cent of over 55-year-olds have a Hollywood, compared with just seven per cent of 19 to 20 year-olds and the Welsh are hairier than Londoners - fascinating.




FURTHER evidence this week our civilisation continues to sink to new depths as television executives scrape the very last dregs at the bottom of the reality TV barrel.

News has broken on the diary desk that Endemol UK, responsible for Big Brother, are now working on Fat Teens Can't Hunt.

Ten overweight youngsters will be transported to the Australian outback where they will spend a month living, sleeping and of course eating with an Aboriginal tribe.

Endemol's press statement gamely announces: "If they want to eat, they must first pick, dig, trap, kill and cook their food."

Can anyone seriously suggest a better use for six hours than watching this valuable and insightful contribution to the UK's cultural life?

To be honest I'm a little disappointed.

Starvation telly is all very well, but when I first read the title, I had imagined something more brutal.

I'd like to see the teens armed with tranquilliser dart guns and dispatched into the African wilderness, charged with the task of each bringing back examples of the big five.

Lets see how they do against lions and tigers.

Now that's entertainment.

Of course, to make it a fair contest, weight penalties similar to those in horse racing may need to be introduced.

Endemol takes no responsibility for teens getting torn to shreds, maimed or dying in other horrible teeth and claw filled ways during the making of this programme.




AND finally, look closely at this photograph. Now I would be the first to congratulate this football team on its fundraising success.

These 13 hairy gentlemen from SWR Garage Doors FC have collected nearly £4,000 for growing their moustaches.

Cracking stuff indeed, with all the cash going to the British Heart Foundation.

However looking at this photo, hardcore fundraisers they may be, but a formidable side, perhaps not. I suspect SWR might be using cut-out players to boost their numbers on the pitch.

Still if they're doing well in their league, why not?