@#23: But the car was breaking a traffic law. It looks like the passenger wasn't wearing a seatbelt. This is an offence punishable by a fixed penalty fine of £30, or £500 if the case goes to court.

But anyway, you're a bored traffic cop. You see someone's huge arse approaching. Are you really not going to record it?

Add me to the list of people rendered insensible with nostalgia this morning. I remember the Galaxy Explorer so well.

Thrusters! Transparent yellow windscreens! Cratered moonscape! Ah, memories...

It used to be worse. No, really, it did.

If I had a shiny penny for every time I've had the following conversation, I'd have at least four or five shiny pennies.

Me (in a telephone box, for it is the days before affordable mobile telecommunication): Hello?

BT customer service person (bored, as they work for a nationalised monopoly): Yes?

Me: I've just moved into a new flat, and I'd like the telephone to be connected.

BT: Please hold, I'm transferring you to [muffled].

Me: [Hums patiently]

BT: Hello, line connection services, how may I help.

Me: I've just moved in... [etc. etc.]

BT: Okay, well first I need to know the number of the line you want connected.

Me: I don't know, there's no telephone and the line is dead.

BT: Oooh, well we can't connect you unless you know the number.

Me: I know the address. Don't you have a record of the number?

BT: We may do. Let me pretend to check...

You've got to admire the business sense of the Lomo people, even if you don't admire their methods. I love my Diana - I wouldn't take out of focus, poorly rendered photos any other way - but like many other commenters I got mine cheap.

Making a cheap plastic camera that used to be given away free and charging $50 for it? Genius.