He has also received numerous copies of Caddyshack on DVD, delivered by Amazon.co.uk to his North Queensferry residence. A bemused Brown told reporters ‘but I don’t even play golf’.

The story escalated when an anonymous source leaked the browser’s history contents onto the internet. Having sifted through the data, Brown’s internet movements during his last few days in office reveal an interesting portrait of the man.

Most notably, on the Friday after the election Brown made numerous repeated visits to the wikipedia entries for ‘Alternative Vote’ and ‘Proportional Representation’, and proposed the question ‘Who would you rather, Gordon or Tony?’ on Yahoo Answers. Immediately after announcing his intention to resign on Monday he spent several hours editing his own wikipedia entry, before vandalising David Cameron’s, adding ‘Dave was made to look silly-bum-biddies compared to Gordon Brown in the general elecetion (sic) leader’s debates.’

On Saturday he watched half of an episode of ‘Dragons Den’ on BBC iPlayer, and then spent the rest of the afternoon googling terms such as ‘how to start a business’ and ‘tennis shoe business scotland’ giving an impression as to what his plans are next. It also appears Brown is a fan of internet sensation Susan Boyle, and a member of her mailing list.

Sources revealed that although he searched hard, Cameron could not find any pornography on the Windows XP based machine. Brown retorted ‘Ha, silly Dave, every Scotsman knows to hide all his videos in a folder named Rugby Clips, to hide them from the missus.’

‘Not only is the average postman’s bag overloaded with important messages re: your account,’ said Billy Hayes, General Secretary of the Communication Worker’s Union, ‘but the rounds have got longer since our members began delivering to ‘co.uk’ addresses.  And we’ve completely lost faith in the Hotmail management after their planned purchase of a new fleet of bicycles from a company offering name-brand products at crazy wholesale prices left postmen making their rounds on roller skates.’

The strike is expected to have a calamitous effect on the sex lives of Hotmail customers, with erectile dysfunction set to soar in the absence of trial offers of Viagra at $10 a go.  Experts also predict that the walkout could see the average penis size fall by as much as several inches as vital information about enlargement aids and natural supplements fails to get through to those who need it.  Members of the Nigerian royal family have also been quick to criticise Hotmail, though they have very generously agreed to give account holders until early next week to send them their name, date of birth and bank details in order to receive the $1 million that is waiting for them.

But Hotmail’s management are adamant that the service must be modernised after a regrettable mix up saw one customer receive a hand-delivered invitation to ‘Come visit brilliant store of my friend and your own eyes will say what madness these prices is,’ while news that Uncle Eric’s pacemaker finally hadn’t proved a match for his Thai bride was dumped straight into his trash can unopened.

Yet despite initial talks between unions and management, no one is hopeful of a swift end to the dispute.  ‘I wouldn’t be surprised if many of our members decided the time was right to walk away from Hotmail and explore other opportunities,’ said Billy Hayes.  ‘Although none of them remember applying, some of the lads have just found out their credit card applications have been approved, and others have received lucrative offers to earn up to $500 a day working from home.’