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1. I have to track down the source, but I read where people actually laugh all the time, not just at jokes, in fact, almost never at actual jokes. Instead, nervous or embarrassed laughter is a way of constantly defusing social situations, showing that we're friendly and harmless. AND WE HAVE NO EMOTICON FOR THIS. The smiley :-) is our closest approximation. And LOL means something else entirely. (Maybe this is why LOL is sometimes used in weirdly inappropriate places?)

2. I'm so out of touch with what the young people are listening to. In the gym I heard a prog rock pastiche which made my jaw drop, so I Googled for it, armed with a few of the lyrics which I was able to make out. I turned out to be something called Pyramid by a band called Wolfmother. I'll have to have a proper listen to it - even from a little bit I caught I could hear references to ELP and the Beach Boys.

3. Speaking of the kids' music, what's that dance track that quotes two lines of Duran Duran's Girls on Film over and over?

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I'm in love with this: I've seen fans unfavourably comparing the new series with that right-on golden era of the show, 1988 - 1989. (Makes me feel incredibly old, though.)