I thought that.....

[carrust]

......Reuters were novelists from Birmingham..............

[pjwillcox]

tks for making me smile carrust -- after a lifetime as a Reuters correspondent, I thought I'd heard all the jokes .... but the Brummie pronunciation was a new one.

[marval]

lol

[jd_here]

//novelists from Birmingham//.......could that be classed as an oxymoron?

[carrust]

I'd leave out the 'oxy' jd :-)

[owdhamer]

brum should have ropes and red lamps round it

[heathfield]

Excellent, Carrust! ;-))

[maggiebee]

Love your jokes carrust - nice and short to text on.