“It was strange knowing that someone had exactly the same DNA as me, that there was a replica of me in them. It’s almost like a second life.“

This bloke has done a splendid thing and doesn’t deserve any snark whatsoever from me, whose first instinct was to point out that what with him being a bloke and the recipient being female, there was at least one rather major difference in their DNA. (Anyway, he might’ve been just been talking about one particular stretch of DNA. Or maybe it’s sloppy journalism. Sod it, that’ll do – I blame the journo’s often enough, one more can’t hurt).

Instead allow me to briefly abuse The People’s Quiz, which is on TV as I type. It’s a craptastic attempt to crowbar X Factor-style shenanigans into a quiz format, including the requisite humiliation clips, not-quite-abusive judges and Jamie sodding Theakston in the Kate Thornton role. The only highlight thus far is an 87 year old woman named Marjorie, who was having absolutely none of it from Theakston and replied “No, very boring” when he asked if she’d had a good day, gawd bless her.