Monthly Archives: August 2010

If your house is visited by a manual-labourer numerous opportunities for exquisite embarrassment present themselves. These should be seized with both hands – along with any particularly heavy items your plumber has with him in order to “show willing.” If … Continue reading →

Never, under any circumstances, admit that you don’t enjoy listening to hip-hop.

I’m unsure why the middle class is so convinced that they have an inalienable right to do stuff-all from now until September. Or why they also expect as God-given that the people who service the planes, trains and roadways will … Continue reading →