Friday afternoon, there I was doing my household chores, when the wife lets out a agitated cry. OH NO, she screams!
I shuddered to think what had happened. What was it? Had the roof caved in? A terrorist attack, perhaps? An earthquake?
No. None of the above.
She had just heard the announcement that was too awful to be true - James Blunt's "You're Beautiful" was declared the 2005 Song of the Year by Israel's radio station Galgalatz.
You'll be pleased to know that my wife is now slowly recovering, helped somewhat by the news that James Blunt was "only" No. 4 in the British best-selling singles of 2005.