Monet for nothing

We've all done it. Woken up after a particularly heavy night with something unusual tucked under our arm. Usually a traffic cone, writes our News Blogger David Burrows.

First there's the: "What the flip did I get up to last night?" moment. Then the flashbacks begin, followed by the feelings of shame when you realise how juvenile you behaved while under the influence of a couple of lager tops.

Well imagine the hangover and flashback panics experienced by a certainpeople in Paris this morning.

You wake up and realise your hand is aching. You look down at your fingers. Some appear to have slight cuts on. And what's that? It looks like traces of paint. What WERE you up to last night?

Try as you might, nothing will come back to you, so you decide to switch on the television. The news is just starting. The main headline?

"Drunken vandals broke into a Paris museum and punched a hole through a priceless Monet painting."

Oh. Dear. See? When you suggested Tequila slammers and your mate said no, you really should have listened.