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All week I have been asking all and sundry 'So what's your view on goal-line technology?'

Four days ago I had never even heard those dulcet words evah! I didn't even know that anybody was remotely contemplating sticking chips in balls or cameras on goal lines.

And I ask that question tongue in cheek, and my interlocutors always go 'hahah' and pretend not to be interested but they always answer and they always answer at length and with passion.

It's better than the weather, I tell you! This is the top conversational gambit for Everybody!