Having followed the fortunes of the Thames Whale (yes, it requires capitals, on a par with royalty as it appears to be) all last week, those in the know and with nothing to fill their lives are now following the progress of the watering can used during its failed rescue. The can's up for sale on eBay and, as reported earlier in the week, was at one point fetching well into six figures.

Alas, it seems the people bidding that much may - gasp - not have been entirely serious. The auction has been restarted and the current price is now far closer to, though not yet, a sensible figure: £325 at the time of writing. Only pre-approved bidders may now get involved with the sale. This may not be the first whale-related case of people artificially inflating something far beyond what was right and proper. I might add that a Valentine's cruise for two down the Thames is currently selling for only just over half the watering can's top bid, to put even that drastically reduced figure into a little context.

Now, turning to some more non-entity fixation, which after Chantelle won Celebrity Big Brother must be all the rage. Whisper it quietly, but I'm told a former editor of mine - from the days when I worked on music websites - has been unceremoniously dumped out of the Kaiser Chiefs' forthcoming book. The individual concerned is closely involved with the band and has been since their very inception, as well as running several music websites and writing for others. I resigned from my post at the websites concerned last autumn, ostensibly owing to family illness but in reality because I found him incompetent and disorganised in the extreme. With, in my opinion, all the communication skills the whale now possesses.

This may have come to the attention of the Kaiser Chiefs' management, for whom he does plenty of work. He was to have been mentioned a few times in the Chiefs' book, but I'm told management have now taken the liberty of going through it and removing all references. Draw your own conclusions - Dayorama, continuing its role as your first port of call for useless Kaiser Chiefs information.

Finally, a reminder that my own band are playing in Oxford on Wednesday night at The Wheatsheaf pub. Email me for more information, or just turn up on the night if you know where you're going. Bring plenty of friends.