To be honest, I didn't think he'd go for it as I dashed across Nicholson street with my right hand raised up (half way!). But we connected and Bam! Henning Wehn and I high-fived. Proving once and for all that Germans are fun. And never trust your casually slightly racist stereotypes.

Nick Helms Keep Hold of the Gold. Most specifically the 10 minutes or so he spends carefully dragging up nearly every member of the audience onto the minuscule stage for a song, before declaring 'to be honest, this bit worked better when we only had nine in yesterday'. Lovely stuff and a show well deserving of its plaudits. Helm, you gave me some fire in my belly that day.

Paul kindly gave me a comp to his show 'Kiss the Badge, fly the flag' a few days from the end. Little did I realise, the night we watched the Germany vs. Spain World Cup game, Paul's rather strange and slightly pished support for both teams was captured and used to great effect in the show. Legend.