Peter Rhodes on men in women's wards, a non-existent gizmo and smartphones at the pub quiz

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THE latest addition to our extended family, disgraced himself by weeing on the floor in Homebase but everybody, including the staff, thought it was funny and charming. It's amazing what you can get away with if you're a labrador puppy.

IT is some years since I was in a male hospital ward but I remember it as being one of the worst places on earth, what with the moaning, snoring and endless discussions at 3am between sick old chaps droning on in noisy, wobbly baritone whispers about how Albion was robbed.