Al Murray, The Pub Landlord, is an acquired taste - but one both Andy and I acquired around the same time. If Addie was rolling her eyes at Scouts, it was more often than not because either Andy or I had shoehorned an Al Murray quote into the conversation. One Saturday when Andy had the flat to himself, he and I worked our way through the Guvnor's entire catalogue - at that point, five DVDs - in one hit. As the final disc finished, we decided to contact the man himself via Twitter. The gist of the conversation was this: "Dear Mr Murray, we've just watched all five of your DVDs and we're still unclear on something. Is cider a pint for the fella or a fruit-based drink for the ladies?" "I'm sorry, lads," the Guvnor replied, remarkably quickly. "It's a fruit-based drink for the ladies, and not something fellas should be drinking." "What if we drink it in pints?" we replied. "This I will allow." I can't even begin to explain how chuffed we were that not only had we received a reply from the man himself, he had also bent his trademark drinking rule for us. From then on, every night out involving cider prompted the smug comment of "Guvnor approved" between us. Even now, I think of Andy when buying a pint of cider and mutter to no-one in particular: "Guvnor approved".