'my diary seems to be quite clear at the moment , with the exception of , let me think , 'today - 7st 6lbs - alcohol units ; nowhere near enough - pipes of tar-ridden tobacco ; ditto - calories - ditto once again - managed to get entangled with the biggest bunch of lunatics ever assembled in one single place and subsequently abducted by a man who is as big as his intellect is small- '' he realised that everybody was looking at him with completely blank faces , even annabel .