Unbelievably I can one-up the wedding ceremony story: Ian and I were at a funeral this summer, and the mourners were waiting outside the church for the funeral cortege to pull away when our girlfriend's husband pulled out his blackberry to check emails. Really - were three more minutes going to make or break the emailer's life? Good heavens.

Like most things, it isn't the blackberry / cell phone / PDA that makes someone rude . . .