Very illustrative incident happened last night, as they tend to on a saturday night. A middle aged man in north london was struck, at midnight, by the kind of revelatory thought that only occurs to lonely drinkers close to midnight. It was the sort of thought that just has to be shared at all costs, with whoever is close at hand. Anyone will do. Of course, i was unaware of this as i sat tired and sober in the same north london pub, when this same man asked me if the seat next to me was taken...