While I'm on the subject of strings....

...and without mentioning 'string theory' or 'I heart Huckabees', let's consider puppets. It can be almost impossible to actually work out who are the puppeteers sometimes, let's just say the web is tangled. I like to propose the string versus stick dichtomy, really as way of advice as much as anything. If you realise that someone is pulling your strings, swap them for sticks, they probably won't even notice. You see little do they know that the puppet can indeed become the puppet master, and things are often far more subtle than they may first appear.....