Went in to town today in search of a puzzle book or two, 'cuz that's the wild and crazy kind of life I lead! I had a particular type of puzzle in mind - Griddlers (Sunday Telegraph readers will know what I mean).

I went to the only two bookshops in town - Smith's and Ottaker's - and searched through their "Games and Puzzles" sections. Quite a few crossword books, I can understand that crosswords being so popular and all. But apart from those few crosswords the rest was just shelf after shelf after shelf of >:XXing Sudoku.

Easy Sudoku, Sudoku for Beginners, The Complete Sudoku (surely they should let you complete them, eh?U-(), Times Sudoku, Sudoku and other Japanese logic problems, Sudoku-mania.

Excuse me, but some of us find Sudoku completely mind-numbingly boring. I expect some people would find Griddlers boring (I don't) and others may even find crosswords boring, so give us at least some variety. Jeez.:no:

Now I'm going to be really bored until I stumble upon a shop that hasn't cleared the shelves for feckin' Su>:XXdoku.

I ended up buying the latest Terry Pratchett book instead, so I've got something to keep me quite for an hour or two at least.