As she lay in a hospital bed, breathing her last, the first woman I ever loved uttered a phrase to me that I won't share with you. What I will share is the fact that she died of an AIDS related virus and the only time I've gained any amusement from the whole sorry episode was when I recounted the story to my business partner today, as I bled into his wash-basin from a nasty stanley-knife cut to my hand. What's the betting that his wash-basin is as clean as it's ever been tonight?