Off the list?

One of the dubious consequences of getting up early at the weekend (as I did last week) is children's TV. But at least there was a saving grace this time around: Tintin was on.

It's a sign of growing older when you begin to realise the dodgy cultural assumptions which influences Tintin's creator, Herge, when he first began the cartoons - just read Tintin in the Congo or in America to see what I mean. And there's also the almost legendary tale of Tintin in the Hitler Youth which no-one seems able to get hold of these days.

But even after discovering that my childhood hero wasn't as squeaky clean as he made out, it never occurred to me that he might also be gay, as suggested by Urban Junkies:

"Three quarters of a century without getting laid, or even reaching second base, have long had rumour mills buzzing about which team our adventurous reporter friend was batting for.

"He hasn't exactly done himself any favours either, surrounding himself with all-male housemates Professor Calculus and Captain Haddock, lapdog Snowy and jailbait protege Chang, yet, the closest he has come to polishing his rocket was going on a trip to the moon."

And with the Tintin Adventure opening at the Institut Francais today, does this mean Kensington and Chelsea will also be off the campaign trail for UKIP mayoral candidate, Frank Maloney?