Tomorrow night I fully expect to be sitting at home watching ‘You are what you eat’ and laughing at other peoples’ misfortunes.

This is not because I like that show particularly, but simply because it is better than the alternative. Tomorrow night is Valentines Day and as such I fully expect the streets to be lined with so many couples it will look like a celebration of conjoined, er, ness.   

 Other lovers will be sat at home awaiting the arrival of a very special someone, or something. Those people waiting for the something are not as weird as they might sound – oh, okay, that might apply to those people over there, but not, ah, them.

Er, where was I?, oh yes, a lot of the country will be impatiently awaiting the arrival of their MAC code, that mysterious 17-18 alphanumeric number that is required to switch broadband providers.

Luckily, the 14th of February is the day that new rules come in which will stop broadband providers being gits when it comes to letting their customers – read loved ones – go, and letting them start a new relationship with someone else.

The rules from Ofcom will stop said providers from making it difficult when customers want to switch firms – an increasingly popular pastime in these days of competitive pricing and services.

Having switched broadband suppliers myself fairly recently, and watched a friend struggle with a non-connected home life for about two weeks while his MAC code was wrestled from one firm and passed onto another, I know this date cannot come soon enough.

Hang on. Did someone say date? Sorry, I’m busy.