According to the papers earlier this week, James Blunt is one of the most irritating things in peoples' lives.
In fact, since bursting on to the scene less than a year ago, the ex-army officer crooner has not only managed to top the music charts, but also oust some old favourites from the pet-hate charts.
Apparently, people find him more irritating than traffic wardens, tailgaters, brown-nosers and ex-smokers.
Only cold-callers, caravanners and queue-jumpers irritate people more.
I feel sorry for James. It's not his fault - in fact it's his good fortune - that his opening musical gambit, 'You're Beautiful', was played everywhere last summer. There was no escaping.
I remember hearing it in a cafe on the left bank of Paris. A friend remembers hearing it in Thailand. I bet there was no escape from it in Tibet, Moscow or Iraq either!
But does that make him irritating? Surely it's just his music.
This survey was carried out by health drink firm Lactofree. I can only assume they didn't ask journalists to take part, because everyone knows journos find nothing more irritating than public relations firms trying to pass off stupid surveys in a cheap attempt to get a product publicity.
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