I must have FRUIT!

Anyone remember that film from about 1980 called the Time Bandits? A bunch of irreverent, rat-eating dwarves stole the blueprint of the universe from God and spent the film trying to escape from his omnipresence by jumping through holes in the space-time continuum. Don't worry, it made sense at the time.

Anyway, these itinerant dwarves hurtled across time and space and, no matter when or where they went, for some reason they always ended up landing on or otherwise messing up the plans of various characters played by Michael Palin. In one scene, possibly memorable only to people like me, who have seen the film too many times, Palin ends up tied to a tree with his lady-friend.

He pulls a mildly panicked face, as though he is about to soil his breeches, and says

"The old trouble is starting again!"

"Oh dear!" says the lady friend, resignedly.

Palin then pulls a face that only a mother could love and cries out

"I must have FRUIT!"



Well, I have been eating a lot of fruit, as a substitute for sugar, this week. I dread to think what it is doing to my insides. How many bananas, pears, apples and kiwis do I need to eat before I get to pay the price?

Let's face it, much more of this and I think that old trouble will be catching up with me, too!