The customer said it had ruined Christmas.' Professor Richard Wiseman knows more about bad jokes than he'd like to.
The 18th century was a golden age; industrialisation in the 19th century brought it to the working classes, and ruined it for the chic and rich; in the late 20th century, wallpaper was passé, but for the past decade it has been back in the fashion spotlight, thanks to the extraordinary creativity of designers such as these.
There is not a great deal to see in Ravello, apart from its two villas - the ruined Rufulo, which has open-air concerts in the evenings, and the Cimbrone with its lush gardens overlooking the sea - but it is pleasant just to ramble through the cobbled lanes or linger over a drink in a café on the main square.
This scheme has financially ruined many hospitals, leaving them to draw on finances normally reserved for staff and supplies to repay steep mortgages.
They've made us contactable around the clock, and that's ruined our work-life balance.
At Housesteads, a couple of miles to the west, we wandered about the ruined settlement - marvelling at the luxurious expansiveness and underfloor heating of the commandant's house and the parsimonious lodgings allotted to the footsoldiers - until the fading light drove us back along the wall to the welcoming lights of Grindon hostel.
Like Game of Thrones, Monopoly always ends up being ruined by a Lannister.
Finally, you'll visit the Taj Mahal and ruined city of Fatehpur Sikri, where monkeys now rule.
CoolEdMiliband is working in Labour's favour now, but it can be easily ruined.
He said: "If you took EastEnders and ruined it … on some ideological bent, the audience would be absolutely outraged.
