May be I am feeling more crusty than usual today, but my brief start the week whinge relates to the use of the word “cheers”.

Now, absolutely nothing wrong with stout bulldogs raising pint glasses of finest foaming & accompanying it with a resounding chorus of “cheers”. That in my most humble of opinions constitutes a proper use of the word.

But when, as happened today, I purchased my lunchtime sarnie – (containing at least half a hundredweight of meat from some endangered species of other) – & the chap that has served you says “cheers” to you has he gives you your change, then I start to bristle. I mean, what ever happened to “thank you sir”. As this is Mr.Blah’s dumbed down Britain, anything that might be consider simple good manners is definitely not Cool Britannia enough!