Terry Prone: Broken ribs on holiday? There are worse things that could happen

All my life I have been accident-prone, which has led to dozens of irritating people making a play on my name...

‘Given a choice between queuing in tropical heat for a rollercoaster while having to be nice to some unfortunate dressed as Mickey Mouse, I’d go with the broken ribs,’ writes our columnist. Picture: Julio Aguilar/Getty Images

Say what you will about the current state of America, but some eternal verities remain.

One of them is that the US makes great washing machines. Which is maybe why my friends who have lent me their house have located their machine in the utility room on an elevation. Right and proper; it has its very own step.