DUD - Wednesday 30 September

Ever heard the theory of the dud? The idea is that in every relationship - be it familial, romantic or professional - one person or product will always be the dud.

The dud is usually too eccentric at the time to function properly. Everything that the prize brother/sister/partner does right, the dud gets just that little bit wrong.

In time though I have seen the dud rise to the top. It fluctuates. I have been the dud, then risen to be the prize, then sunk back into dud position again. More than once.

I always like the dud though. The dud is unique. The dud is entertaining.

This photo for example is the dud of the week. Under-exposed, grainy and poorly framed as it may be, it is still a photograph of The Biker Mice From Mars (the 90's mutant teenage fighting force duds) riding a wooden elephant. In the middle of the week that feels like enough to keep me going.