I wrote this already, but blogger stuffed up and annoyed me, so I went and played netball and now I'm back and everything seems to be working. Fingers crossed.

Mallory is talking about reality TV, which thankfully I have not seen a lot of. Of course, Aussie television could be riddled with the stuff, but since I haven't watched more than about two hours in the last year, I'm blissfully unaware of this fact. This, however, is secondary to my main point.

The specific program in question is one called Wanted, which involves Mr (or Ms) Contestant being tracked by bounty hunters. At least, that's the impression I got. This reminded me of something someone once told me about a Russian reality TV program. In this show, Mr (or Ms) Contestant had to steal a car. If they then evaded arrest for half an hour (or maybe an hour) they got to keep the car. The police, it should be noted, were not forewarned of this escapade. The potential for casualties is huge. The potential for the car - should Mr Contestant survive and manage to talk his way out of the 34 charges of speeding, 19 charges of reckless driving and 7 counts of resisting arrest - to be completely trashed is also quite high. These factors lead me to believe that this one might just be an urban legend.