Is it just me or have the first 14 days of November been the most depressing ever?

Even an inspiring American election doesn’t seem to have cheered people up.

When I write this column on a Thursday morning I normally scan the news pages of as many internet sites as possible trying to find something of interest to share with readers.

But everyone just seems to be talking about how depressing things are and how more depressing they are going to get.

If I hear one more person say anything about the ‘economic downturn’ I will well and truly go crazy.

I think most people have realised things have gone down the pan.

First, a recession was ‘on the cards’ then it was ‘imminent’ and now it’s ‘officially here’.

To be told about it over and over again is not going to make it go away.

If nothing else, talking about how horrible things are only makes this more depressing.

I was going to write about some Lancashire football club beating some London football club but it was the wrong Lancashire club that achieved this magnificent feat.

And then like a bolt out of the blue I was interrupted by this man telling that I had £10million waiting for me if only I would give out all my bank account details.

Moments later I got a call from a company saying I had been shortlisted for an exclusive organisation and would be inducted into this prestigious who’s who list...all for £99.

The problem was in both these cases the scam artists gave-up once they realised there was very little to be gained from contacting someone who had very little to say.

X-Factor, period dramas, Saturday morning cookery shows – even television doesn’t want to know slightly balding men in their mid-thirties So for some inspiration I called my friend Asif. Unfortunately due to a freak accident ‘old Asif’ broke his wrist playing football.

He was sat in the accident and emergency department for three hours before he was seen to on Tuesday night.

So when I made my call, unsurprisingly he didn’t have much to say and blamed me for shooting the ball in his direction.

But as a parting shot he did lament: “Times must be hard if even the weekly columnists are running out of things to say.”