The IT-Girl

Do you remember the Saga of the Missing Sky Cards? I wrote a long and rather snotty letter of complaint to them, and yesterday they wrote back offering me a £20 rebate as a means of apology.

I eventually got the card just before going on hols, which meant I was able to record the new Graham Linehan sitcom, The IT Crowd, set in a computer support department. I watched a couple of episodes last night.

I think it's the first ever sitcom where I've identified with every single main character. The slobbish but aimiable Roy, who doesn't really care that much about IT support beyond "turn it off and on again"; the socially inept computer nerd Moss, who gets excited by incredibly geeky gadgets; and their pretty line manager Jen whose obsession for nice shoes that are 2 sizes two small for her result in permanent foot injuries.

It's like someone gave me some dodgy Kryptonite* and split me into 3 people! :-)

*Pop quiz: what's the extra ingredient you need to make dodgy Kryptonite? You probably need to be over 30 to know this, or Richard Pryor.