The slightly sinister news feed on social networking site ‘facebook’ informs me that a friend of mine has just joined a new group called…

  • I love volunteering!

All very well and good. Laudable, even. In the related groups section…

  • Marks and Spencers food is the best food in the world

Ah, so that would be a decidedly middle class store selling expensive if delicious food. Interesting, and a complete coincidence I’m sure. In turn, this group is related to…

  • 1000 reasons why the south is better than the north.

The plot thickens. And next…

  • I went to a proper British boarding school.

Am I reading too much into this? Do the relationships between groups have so much to teach us about the world? An alternative route…

  • I love volunteering!
  • Dr Karl Kennedy: Master of the Universe
  • You know you’ve been in university too long when…
  • People who don’t sleep enough because they stay up late for no reason
  • If Wikipedia Says It, It Must Be True

I have just joined those last two groups.