iQueue

In some countries people queue for a grain of rice or some much needed replenishment. In these western lands we can afford such luxuries in abundance so we can form disorderly lines for much more pointless reasons.

The iPhone 5 is one such pointless reason and regardless of whether it's any good people have camped and queued in there droves so they can be first to get their grubby mitts on it. Whatever you may think about Apple they have no doubt managed to create a mass hysteria surrounding their products.

Man used to compete to be first to the top of mountains and would strive to discover new lands. Many people still strive for greatness and adventurers trek to Everest and explore the deepest oceans. These great feats make the hunger for gadgets and gizmo’s even more obsolete.

You can only imagine the things these people could do to really utilise their time, in a more positive manner. They could be flattening out Adrian Chiles' forehead or removing the grease from Silvia Berlusconi's lecherous hands. These are just a few of the things they could do to give back to society and refrain from wasting their time.

The iPhone will not disappear but people's need to be first overrides any sense or rationality. Perhaps that comes from the adventurers of old and we have merely evolved into competitive owners of 'stuff'.

That said, who are we to judge those anorak wearing souls? If they get their jollies sitting out in the cold waiting for a piece of plastic wrapped in cardboard, good luck to them. I'm just a little worried what they do for the rest of the year.........