HUMANS love to hear what makes other humans angry.

Since the days of town criers people have been happy hearing that others are not.

From the very first newspapers, letters to the editor have provided that little rasher of what fries people's bacon while they're having their own for breakfast or a platform for those venting their spleen in public, which is even more therapeutic than reading about someone else's.

However now that the public can't read, agonising has moved to You Tube and TV, with a riot of shows harbouring underlying anger.

The show that spawned the 'Vote-Em-Off' epidemic, Big Brother, was predicated wholly on idiocy, nudity and anger.

Then there was the 'Chuck-em-off-the-island' brand, pretty much Big Brother in Indonesia.

Closely followed by the 'Chuck-'em-off-the-stage' "So you think you can sing" series, before the most popular of all, the 'Chuck-'em-out-of-the-kitchen' genre, which was also the most fascinating…why abuse people just for cooking?

It's not as if every contestant worked for Gordon Ramsay.

You can see why there's so much road rage, everyone is in a hurry to get home to their favourite anger show.

But do these shows make people more angry or diffuse their anger in a benign and otherwise harmless fashion?

Hopefully it's the latter because there's few things more satisfying than a bit of road rage between consenting adults in the comfort of their own car. Surely it's a valuable tool against mental health problems and anger issues?

Delivering a really good spray against a retiree or a farmer who stops at roundabouts when nothing is coming is a fantastic way to let off steam on the way to work, so long as your window is up.

It doesn't matter whether they can see you, they can't see what's ahead let alone behind them and they haven't used their rear view mirrors in years.

The fact that all children are driven to school these days is great cause for a rant against congestion and stupidly low speed limits.

Road rage is fun, educational and therapeutic in equal measure, especially inventing new and colourful lines of invective, and you can practice at home too.

Grab a glass of wine and try it out on the kids or the dog, you'll feel better in no time.