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I won't lie, there is a little tear in the eye today because, well, you know why, because,

and also because of all your amazing messages. We've been quite overwhelmed, actually, and

we thought we should share a flavour.

I mean, this is going to be the most difficult thing for me, because actually we're going

to have to do sincerity because some of the messages are so totally glorious. Let me start

with this one from Nick Evans. He wrote to say that, your next and last podcast falls on

the anniversary of my own independence day. When my daughter Lauren gave me a kidney after

mine was destroyed by eating poisonous mushrooms, it'll be our 10 year anniversary.

Oh, God, Nick, I think that deserves an episode of its own. I want to hear so much more about

the kidney and the mushrooms and about your brilliant daughter Lauren.

And here's another one, Holly Dodd tweeted to us, I'm having a baby next Wednesday and

was rather hoping for my usual America fixed during the long old nights. But I shall not

begrudge you a break, long live America. Holly, we should have sorted this out. The timing

is all wrong. I would never ever have let you have a baby without us if I'd realised.

I'm sorry, you didn't get in touch nine months ago. What can I say? Paul Appleton, hold on

for this one, everyone, is sad we're pausing for a while because he won't have anything

to play with during his Thursday night bath time. And so his ducks are very upset. I'm too

young, Paul, to know if that's a euphemism. I'm just going to skate right over that one.

I just hope that your bath time is without incident.

Relenting the ducks down. Where's the soap it does, doesn't it? There's

an old joke. Something like that. Ah, you see, I knew it. I knew we could get a little

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