In 1980 Northern Ireland's premier punk/new wave band The Undertones released their single "My Perfect Cousin". The first line of this excellent song was: "Now, I've got a cousin called Kevin." This was bad news for anyone called Kevin who happened to have cousins. To be honest, even if the Kevin in question didn't have any cousins, the Undertones' anthem would still be chanted in his direction whenever he strolled into view. To this day if I am introduced to a Kevin I have to swallow hard and move away to stop myself doing the pogo and launching into the first verse.
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