"Ladies might conceivably fancy him now"

...reports my spy in the world of Jerome. This means that the surfer hair is no more and he is sporting a short back and sides. So this is an ideal chance to test the theory, propounded by some of his close friends, that his mojo declines as the length of his hair increases...

Watch this space.

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!

Past it?

There is a large vintage clothes shop in Bigdeth. Usually its shutter is down when I go past on the bus, so I can't see what it's selling. A couple of days ago, the shutter was up. Hanging in the window was a Chicago Bulls vest with a number 23, which, as you know, is made famous by Jerome and slightly less famous by Dennis Rodman, that very tall man with the strange dress sense who is a lover of the opposite sex but less handsome than Colin Firth as Mr Darcy.

Perhaps it's time to put the vest back in the wardrobe?

Since writing this, I wonder if Jerome has sold his vest to this shop and changed his fashion ways. But that's a silly suggestion. It would be like selling a bit of his soul.