An Itsy Bitsy Cock-up!

Just picture the scene: there you are about to tuck into your Breakfast, you open the news paper and read to your astonishment that you’re dead!

This scenario played out for Paul Vance, the man who wrote the song "Itsy Bitsy, Teenie Weenie, Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"

Even the BBC News website for a time carried this story. I know as I was tempted to make a comment on it, along the lines of "Timmy Mallett however, is still very much alive and well!"

The man who had actually died had for years claimed to have written the song, but these claims were never substantiated.

Needless to say Mr Vance’s family and friends, still trying to get over the news of his death, must have been blown away when they went round to pay their respects and he answered the door!