THOSE LEGS WERE MADE FOR TALKING ...

So – Prince Charles and genetically modified food. His Royal High-And-Mighty thinks he knows more than some of our most respected scientific minds.

It’s a matter of not tampering with God’s work, apparently. Never mind that GM foods could feed a starving world (God’s got a thing about famines, anyway – just refer to your Bible). Never mind that genetic research could lead to all sorts of advances, particularly for human health and the environment.

The man’s got pickled walnuts for brains – organic pickled walnuts, though, so that’s all right.

Talking of GM foods … did you see Sharon Davies’s legs on TV this morning? Wowee.

The former swimmer (above) was in the Beijing Olympics studio, wearing, just about, a pair of short shorts with her lovely legs crossed and stretching almost to Shanghai.

I seem to remember that a couple of years ago Ms Davies got a lot of stick for wearing tops that did nothing to conceal the outline of her nipples. She must have taken it it to heart because this time her nipples are a model of concealment. But Sharon is obviously a feisty lady. She knows all her good points, as it were, and sees no reason to cover them up.

Up to a about a year ago, she spoke like she swam – at a furious pace. It was sometimes hard to follow her, not that most of us blokes were listening that carefully. She’s gradually learned to slow it down a bit. And now that I can understand what she’s saying, I have to say that she makes more sense than Prince Charles.

The Legs are definitely streets ahead of The Ears.