Sometimes, as a press officer, you find yourself answering questions you really never expected to have to face.

Personal highlights include: “What should people do if they think they’ve got the plague?” and “Is it true that there is a national shortage of dwarves?”

But I’m guessing Major Mike Shearer might have just one-upped us all when he answered the question: “Are the British Army releasing man-eating badgers in Iraq?”

If only he could have been able to answer “Yes!” and cackled maniacally.