Celebrity threesome is a slippery matter

A BANK holiday teaser. If I say to you now, do not, under any circumstances, think about a paddling pool filled with olive oil, what is the first thing you think about? asks Suzanne Harrington

Exactly. Oily ripples slapping gently off plastic sides. This is because our imaginations cannot differentiate between ‘a paddling pool filled with olive oil’ and ‘don’t think about a paddling pool filled with olive oil’.

It’s right there in the front of your mind’s eye, as vivid and present as if it were physically in the room. Like the elephant, but round and plastic and full of a moderately expensive condiment.