Door to door salesman - an apology

It's easily done - when Nick has been winding Alex up for 10 minutes and then Alex understandably snaps, I'll walk in the room and see him. Result: He takes the punishment and Nick slinks away Scott free with a grin on his face.

So after a hectic day at work, I returned home to the usual cacophany of noise - and could feel my internal Tom and Jerry thermometer nearing boiling poiint.

Then the doorbell rang and I skipped away to answer it - to be greeted by a South African fella trying to extol the virtues of EDF energy company.

"You're the ones who've just pumped up the gas and electric bill by 22 per cent aren't you?" I ranted.

He looked sheepish, but I didn't register the fear in his eyes and continued on my rant "Your company should be ashamed of itself raking in cash while people can't heat their homes and you making massive profits it's just plain greed but you won't get away with it for much longer cos the government will step in a cap prices and the French they get it for half the price we do and you come here trying to flog me overprices gas and tell me oooh we can freeze the price until October 2009 well that's big of you no I won't be signing anything thanks goodbye,"

And as the door slammed behind him I muttered "oh and I hope we give you a bloody good hiding at cricket tomorrow"....before realising I am turning into Victor Meldrew.

Is that what kids make you become?...someone tell me my ever increasing irrational outbursts are normal.