On the train tonight the bloke beside me had an mp3 player so loud I could hear it even with my ipod cranked up to max.

I can't imagine what it was like for the poor sods sat around us.

Of course I like to think I brought the tone up because I was listening to Belle and Sebastian. He was listening to some hideous handbag house drivel.

Do you get it written on the box: 'mega-annoying for anyone stood within 50 feet' or is it just a surprise add-on?