ALAN Lang, mine host at Glasgow bar Vroni's, was serving a married couple lunch, and warned them that the pasta was very garlicky "in case you have a wee peck later".

Says Alan: "The husband, quick as a flash, uttered the immortal line, 'That's why I take her everywhere I go – so I don't have to kiss her goodbye.'

"Who said romance was dead?"

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