Waiting at the Arrivals Gate of Sydney Airport yesterday with my two boys, I notice that the women standing next to me seems a little familiar. Where have I seen her before? I turn around again to try and place her but she just gives me a polite smile and says nothing. Then after a few more minutes, she says to little boy she is battling with;

A sense of parental pride washes over me. It's not often my boys are used as a public example on how to behave. So then I'm just about to turn around and ask her where I know her from when out through the arrivals gate ambles the guy she and her little boy are here to pick up.

It's Shannon Noll.

Ah so that's where I've seen her before. I've been standing next to Shannon Noll's wife for 30 mins.

I assume he was coming for the Australian Idol Final that was on last night. Did anyone else get the irony of Channel 7 playing the Wizard of Oz the night before the final? Oz of course containing Munchkins of questionable sexuality and Wicked Witches.

But it's good to know that my boys are better behaved that Shannon Noll's. It's also good to see that Aussie music stars don't travel around with a massive entourage of hangers on and Yes Men like a lot of Americans do.

P.S. U2's new album comes out today, if anyone accidently buys two of them, please feel free to sling one my way.