As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.

Even the ultra-respectable Evening Transcript, organ of the Brahmins of culture, was down for $144 for typing, mimeographing and sending out dope to the country press.

Better wait'll you're a little more growed up and got some hair on your ass, fuzznuts, before you...

When I ask about these dogs, they are described to me as the local mutts, mongrels, pavement specials, crossbreeds.