I lied on my CV to get a factory job, omitting O-levels, A-levels and a degree. It did the trick but it was hard to sustain the pretence on the shop floor for 40 hours a week. (View Post)

Of course, neither of them looked like discs. You had to take it on trust that the square things in your hand had something circular inside. (View Post)

I've often thought there could be a business opportunity for "Christian Meat" that died a natural death in a field full of buttercups. (View Post)

Presumably that means freezing the state pension but triple-locking pension credits (which are, of course, means tested). It's not a bad idea but it would hurt millions of marginal cases. I don&… (View Post)

Once had a row with an author over the position of the "period" before or after the close quotes. She was, of course, "American." I, on the other hand, am "British". (View Post)