The cushion made it's first tentative steps in front of the media today when a photographer from the Towcester and Brackley Advertiser popped round despite the snow.

Our kindly neighbouring garage mechanic, Ike of Hillside Garage, had a clear space for us to exhibit the cushion in at the end of his workshop but we ended up outside in our traditional Whoopee Cushion Costumes which luckily are surprisingly warm.

We fully inflated the cushion for only the second time ever and it wasn't until the photographer had gone that we once again attempted to sit on the leviathan.

It didn't disappoint.

For all those of you who want to know what it sounds like it is very deep, fairly loud and of extremely long duration causing Phil to exclaim that nothing like it had been heard on this planet since dinosaurs roamed the earth some 65 million years ago.