Picture the scene at my Amy's 8th birthday party:  Pippa and several other defenceless children are in attendance and with gay abandon are sweetly enjoying themselves in the garden:

Having spent the previous 45 minutes trying but failing to get his beloved party-piece bubble machine working, a very frustrated Senan decides to take it out on the kids and so gets to work roaring his head off as he wildly chases screaming terrified ecstatic kids all over the Bouncy Castle with their tiny legs crumpling and tripping over themselves in their vain attempt to escape the Senan tickle monster. 

Imagine the look of consternation on the faces of mums and dads arriving to pick up their little offspring:  What sort of a birthday party is this? Why is my child clinging to my legs pleading to be saved?  Who is this strange nutter of a man running and roaring after all the kids who venture onto or near the Bouncy Castle?

But then Senan switches from his Jekyll and Hyde routine into Mr Charming:   The Cheshire Cat grin comes out, the eyes start twinkling and the captivating yarns and witty repartee melt away the initial child-terrifier impression: Magically Senan has in an instant transformed the situation, especially amongst the mum's whose maternal instincts seem to vanish in a flash, with children unceremoniously dumped to one side and told to toughen up and go play again while mummy listens to this interesting funny pretty-faced man.

Thus for the umpteenth time Senan's fine reputation is yet again somehow restored to lovable.

Senan could get away with bloody murder hidden behind that smile of his.