Every week, the 'Daily Telegraph' colour magazine runs a weekly column called 'Social Sterotypes' on a page called 'the front'. The following - verbatim - is the first part of this week's offering:


"Olive is aged 47 and has never had her own bank account. Reggie Pettigrew doesn't beleive in that sort of nonsense. Mr Pettigrew, who is Senior Assistanct (Metric) of Woldshire County Council's Weights and Measures Department, likes to know where every one of his hard-earned pennies - or rather pence - goes.

"Not for Olive the secret splurge on a new dress from A La Mode. Not even a new vegetable; she once purchased sugarsnap peas and Mr Pettigrew retreived the 'Grown in Kenya' label from the bin and demanded to know what was wrong with the fresh, honest British Bird's eye pea?

"On the last Sunday of the month, after a proper lunch with meat and two veg, he likes nothing better than to sit dsown with Olive's household accounts. As a result, she haunts the supermarket's Buy One Get One Free chill cabinets.

"While Mr Pettigrew is policing Woldshire's farmers markets for signs of aberrant sales in pounds and ounces, Olive is scouring Somerfield for a chicken on the cusp of its sell-by date, thus discounted five per cent. Her battered satchel handbag..."

So good, he had to paste it twice!

And you had to respond twice!

But we're glad you're back - all the same!

Bud

LOL!!!

Steve

Out on Election night, away for weekend (just for a mo, I promise!) and knackered when I got home on Sun. Hope your weekend was as good!