A blank sheet of paper. So let's start and see where it takes us.
Should it be politics - no that's got rather dull and boring.
Should it be sport - no that alienates some of my readers.
Should it be music - ditto comments as above.
So let's talk about memories of childhood television seen through the eyes of three generations.
It all started for me with Watch With Mother. Who remembers Picture Book, Andy Pandy, Rag, Tag and Bobtail, Bill and Ben and the Woodentops? Come on admit it, many of you do. For those too young to remember those, how about Postman Pat, Fireman Sam and coming more up to date the Teletubbies and In The Night Garden? Three generations of kids' programmes.
Of course, I grew up with the first lot of these and so view them with something of a very young rosy glow. They were a major part of my world. As you grow these programmes play a much lesser part as important things like eating and sleeping take over.
My children had the wonderful Postman Pat which I still love. The characters are excellent and the storylines very good - albeit there weren't many of them. But I have to say that Fireman Sam is my favourite. Wouldn't you love to live in Pontypandy where good old Fireman Sam saved the day every episode? This programme had the gormless Elvis and the very naughty youngster Norman Price - one of the greatest creations in animation (only joking - but am I?)
But did you know there was an episode of Fireman Sam that had to be withdrawn as it proved to be controversial?
An episode entitled "Troubled Waters" sees Elvis slip on a piece of paper and fall into a stack of sheets of paper, causing them to fly everywhere – one of the flying pages that briefly came into view was identified as a page from the Koran. The production company said that this wasn't intentional. The episode returned after it was changed to an empty slip of paper.
Teletubbies always struck me as being ridiculous but even that was eclipsed by In The Night Garden which was designed to send babies and toddlers to sleep. It was at times so bad that it was the parents/adults who probably fell asleep.
It had a whole host of silly figures, but above all absolutely nothing happened. And after half an hour of nothing happening, they recounted what hadn't happened. The characters had silly names like Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy, Makka Pakka, Tombiliboos - need I go on. Then there's the Ninky Nonk train and the pinky ponk which is an airship. I think you get the idea of how ridiculous this programme is, but in its defence it is aimed at youngsters aged between one and six, although I think a six-year-old will have moved on intellectually a long time before then.
OK I can't totally ignore politics. I was amused by a graphic going round the internet. Rota for Chancellor for the coming week.
Monday - Jeremy Hunt
Tuesday - Sajid Javed
Wednesday - Sam Allardyce
Thursday - Mr Tumble
Friday - Inspector Gadget
Saturday - Mr Blobby
Sunday - Peppa Pig
And of course, there are a number of children's programmes mentioned there that I haven't talked about. I have watched them all.
Peppa Pig (yes good), Inspector Gadget (yes good), Mr Tumble (ridiculous). I'm trying to think of a children's show entitled Sam Allardyce!
That's it for another trip down memory lane. Do let me have your memories of children's programmes you either loved or hated.