Some never-to-be-sufficiently cursed, expletive-deleted student stole my laser pointer during my first lecture! Moral: When dishing-out course documents don't leave anything lying around that's small enough to stick in a pocket! (I'd probably have noticed if they nicked my textbook...)

Fri Oct 10: Lo! and Behold! Don't judge all students by the scummy minority!! A generous student has replaced my pointer (his dad apparently gets loads of freebies from company rep's...)