… is going to a cashpoint to check on the progress of your overdraft and discovering that you’re a thousand quid richer than you thought you were.
… is getting asked out by a girl you know only through a Yahoo! Group you’re both members of.
… is telling your mother what you really think of your stepfather and being a very very long way away when she reads the email.
… is hearing about a decision taken by George Bush that seems vaguely intelligent for once.
More on that last one later.