Yes, I know you've read it everywhere

But I can't resist reproducing it again. It's what the astonished neighbour said on hearing of the arrest of the people next door:  “They couldn't have been spies. Look what she did with their hydrangeas.”

My own hydrangeas are looking dreadful - ergo, I am a true patriot. It's way past the time when they should have been pruned but who wants to get out in the cold and wet for hours with a pair of secateurs when there's tango to be danced?