One day I was hanging around a BBC studio waiting to do interviews and I started chatting with two fellows known as the Hairy Bikers.
One of them asked what my book was about and I replied Cancer, poverty, and violence! — then started to giggle. They laughed uproariously, then we proceeded to have a jolly chat about all manner of topics.
Our publicists looked queasy (for good reason, since I continued to snicker my way through all the interviews). At the time I had no idea why one of the bikers in particular was not fazed at all by my caustic humor, but this might explain it:
Which parent do you think you can cope better with? – Dave Myers on the experience of caring for two disabled parents.