Let me explain. The unecdote has similar rhythms to the anecdote, and is delivered with all the usual little pauses for laughter and self-deprecatory chuckles.
CRAIG BROWN: Author P. G. Wodehouse died peacefully, pipe in hand, 50 years ago on Valentine's Day 1975. At the age of 93, he was brushing up his latest novel, which was his 96th.
CRAIG BROWN: Friday marks the 50th anniversary of the death of PG Wodehouse. When he died in 1975, he was hard at work on his 96th book, due with his publishers by the end of February.
NEWCASTLE 2-0 ARSENAL (agg 4-0) - CRAIG HOPE AT ST JAMES' PARK: A bitter, February night it may have been, but this was black-and-white hot from the off.
CRAIG BROWN: FluentPet, which has manufactured communication boards, claims a dog need simply press this or that button to let its owner know what it wants to say.
CRAIG HOPE: It is now three transfer windows without a first-team addition. A new signing would have brought freshness to a dressing-room where the elephant sits by the empty pegs.