Here’s what I’ve been doing. Normally when I visit the toilet at work I take my mobile phone with me and have a little game on Quadrapop. However recently I have become a bit despondent with Quadrapop. My workaround for this particular quandary is to go on Wikipedia before setting off to the toilet and print off something interesting to take in with me. I pick it up from the copier on my way through. In doing this I last week read the whole David Bowie section of Wikipedia and today I have read about hippos. It was really interesting; my favourite fact was that hippos have 4cm thick skin that is bullet-proof. It’s their lifestyle choice.

Now for the science.

When making a hot chocolate I will fill a mug up almost to the top with full fat milk. I then place this mug into the microwave on the highest setting for two to three minutes. Once the mug has completed its cycle in the microwave I will retract the mug and add two heaped teaspoons of Uncle Joe Royle’s Cadburys Original Drinking Chocolateand stir it in like a man possessed. I have discovered that this will cause any milk skin that may have formed during the microwaving process to disintegrate into an undetectable non event. I then top up with a splash of milk, just to take the edge off it, and settle down in bed to an episode of Charlie Chalk.