"That's what great art does."

I just want someone to say to him "You know who else was married to a woman? The Yorkshire fucking Ripper".

Yeah, it surprised me that she felt like this, because she still gets a lot of worthwhile parts in British and French movies that aren't just "the hero's mum" (Leaving, In Your Hands, The Woman in the Fifth, I've Loved You So Long, In the House - to name but the most recent). And they're generally pretty successful;…

Oh god, I'd forgotten he was in that. It's all coming back to me now, I hope you're happy.

She also spent much of the '90s being Hilary Clinton's lesbian lover, if my memory of historic wingnuttery is accurate. Girl is versatile.

Ah yes, the "You don't know anything about him!" tactic. Bit rich coming from people who - judging by last year's "Obama ate dog!" arglebargle - have only just got round to reading the early chapters of Dreams from My Father.

A lot of psychiatrists think it's a sign you worry too much about how other people perceive you. But a lot of biologists think dreams are just your brain reshuffling itself and don't mean anything, so, you know.

I totally assumed that was a joke by Lindy. I mean, why not go all the way and call it Bloviate Palin Victim Complex?

I caught it! I caught it!

In fairness, Lord Byron could write a pretty vicious insult himself. I still cherish his lines on the death of the noxious politician Lord Castlereagh:

Oh I get it. Yeah, there's a lot of people like that for me. Generally I find out about them when I'm watching a quiz show with someone and I can name all of the cast of a TV show I don't watch, and they ask how I know that. I just do!

Alan Davies, for me, gets a lifetime pass for Jonathan Creek. I fucking love that show.

Likewise, why should I, a pedestrian, pay for roads I don't use? Because I'm not a selfish, petulant sack of shit who stamps his foot and cries every time he has to contribute a microscopic amount to something of inarguable social value that he doesn't personally use? Yes, actually, that's why.

Your comment/name synergy is amazing here.

Nah, there's a few of us. We'll form a club.

Jane Horrocks is my spirit animal.

So we can't criticise someone who's very successful. Gotcha. I'll remember this new protocol when Trump's next in Tweet Beat.

That verse became even funnier when the band's lead singer ended up writing songs for former boy-band members after they broke up. But he kept it real! Probably.

If we're going to slam people for being in rich families, let's mention that Gaga went to one of New York's most expensive private schools. She's not the can-do rags-to-riches tale you're painting her as.

The song's from 2009, though. What was she doing to help others back then? If memory serves, she was just putting out records and walking everywhere in her pants.