It's 19.50, I just put my 7 month old to bed. I'm sat in the darkest corner of my kitchen on the pc and by the silence of the baby monitor on my desk I can tell my little one is finally sleeping.

Through the archway from my kitchen to the living room, my almost 28 year old husband is sat on the floor with his closest friend (also 28) and they are playing computer games. We just bought a HD LCD tv and it is mounted above the fireplace, complete with surround sound and hooked up to another pc.

They are playing some kind of crappy american first-person army game and under the influence of a few beers, some sweeties and the 'sheer excitment' of taking out the winning team in a big 'F-Off tank' they have appeared to have regressed back to being fourteen years old.

In the tradition of most fourteen year olds, they have started to come out with all sorts of mindless crap. I'm gonna sit here and note the childish 'buzz words' and phrases I hear over the next five or so minutes....

Dude - 5 times
B****rd (pronounced 'Bear-schturd') - 8 times Don't get me started on the whole pronounciation thing!
Wohoo - 9 times
'I love that whole private-ryan style shell shock thing'
Ass-whoppin' - 2 times
'Oh - that noise would suggest to me that there is a tank hiding behind there' What the f?????
'There's a sniper on you ass' - 2 times
F**k - I lost count

My husband just asked me what I was doing. I said I was looking a shoes on Ebay.

I'm bored counting now.

I might actually go look at shoes on Ebay.