On the face of it, who is the most dominant? T

AKE a good look at your friends.

Pyschologists say people with wide faces present a threatening and dominating impression.

Is that why they’re always bossing you about? Or is it you that has the features that demand control?

The same rules apply, according to Kansas University Business School, among those wishing to appear dominant or in a position of power, even though they don’t have wide faces.

Which is why bosses and bullies choose wide faces on the products they buy or wear, such as big cars and watches.

I don’t have a wide face so, according to science, I’ve never been naturally dominant, and the only big watch I had was a Rolex with knobs on.

Unfortunately, this was not a genuine Rolex but a present from a mate who bought it for the equivalent of four pence from a dodgy dealer in Gibraltar. The knobs had been soldered on and served no purpose and the watch stopped working after a week.

Clothes, they say, maketh the man. We like to project an image through our appearance, which is why I have long hair, haven’t worn a tie in years and my wrist is adorned with a yellow children’s watch that features my hero Kevin the Minion.

Rather than dominant, I prefer laid back. To be honest, I prefer horizontal. Peace and love, man.

But we have all encountered individuals who power dress to impress and enjoy the flick of a wrist to show a genuine designer timepiece of cumbersome proportions.

The sort of chap who even in leisure wear looks as stiff as an upmarket Man At C&A. Remember C&A?

Of course, research can prove anything. A chap in a wide lapelled suit and kipper tie, with a watch like an anchor on his wrist who drives an extravagant car might well be obnoxious. Then again it might be Krusty the Clown.

Peace and love, man. Even if you have a wide face. Y recent problems with flatpack furniture brought back memories for Bronwen Cruickshank, of Brighouse.

More than 30 years ago she assembled a large shelving unit to be fitted to the side of a wardrobe with nothing more sophisticated than a screw driver.

“I felt quite proud of myself on its completion, only to discover, to my horror, that I’d assembled it to fit the right hand side of the wardrobe instead of the left.

“After a loud frustrated scream and a few angry tears, I dismantled and re-assembled the by now hated shelving unit, to fit the left hand side.”

The completion of Bronwen’s flatpack disaster “which took three times longer than it should have done” left her with a huge blister in the middle of her right hand from the screw driver.

Meanwhile, her husband had been downstairs quietly reading the newspaper, as he “doesn’t do DIY” and wisely stays out of the way.

Bronwen adds: “To this day I still deal with all DIY projects in our home but my time for assembling flatpack furniture is now, thankfully, at an end.”

The problems I encountered last week whilst building a desk and chair for my grand-daughter were self-inflicted, as usual, and Adrian Bottomley suggested that in future I follow The flatpack builders’ motto: “If all else fails, read the instructions.”

Now he tells me.