TO Peru, where José Benítez,  mayor of Huarmey, says the local water can turn you gay. This explains the gay fish.

Benitez says there’s a high level of strontium in the tap water. He says the calcium-like stuff reduces male hormones. And in is fevered mind, less male hormones means more gayness.

Pink News reports that the water comes from Tabalosos, “a town which a Lima-based television station famously said in 2000 was inhabited by 14,000 exclusively-gay men”.

After much extensive travels and water tastings by Old Mr Anorak’s cousin Dirk Anorak, this turned out to be false.

But the question remains: can Peruvian water turn you gay? Or can we attribute it to the women and Mr Benitez’s smile..?