"Are you a journalist?" I turn around and nod a "yes" at the slightly built man with unkempt hair who's addressing me.
As ever more artists converge around a similar sound – yes, you included, Alexandra Burke – you have to ask if we might be reaching saturation point.
Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme, Mr Hammond said: "The UK government is not planning around the possibility of a yes vote in the referendum.
The next day, while we were giving out presents, just sitting around, and yes, eating, A Christmas Story was playing in the background.
You're chasing somebody, or fighting them or walking around a dark house, and you just know some crazy guy is hiding around a corner, and hell, yes, it's scary".
"It was a yes all the way around," he added.
There have been similar warnings from one of the big six power suppliers, SSE, plus renewable energy company, Infinis, in addition to Carney, the new governor of the Bank of England warning of the complications of a yes vote around the currency.
These things happen in sport almost every week where players move around and yes, we're at a point now where we're at an impasse - but I'm sure that'll be ironed out before too long.
(After saying no, and karate chopping around a lot. Then saying yes).
While I remain fairly mainstream (I am still a suburban prep at heart), I have been carrying around a cup, plate, flatware and, yes, sometimes even chopsticks.
