Sweet Potato

I recently ate at a (supposedly) good restaurant in Derby. On the menu, among other things, was “sweet potato soup”, with a superscript ‘v’ inscribed in a circle to indicate that it was the vegetarian option. And on the wine list one of the reds, a merlot I think, was described as “moorish”. The waitress..read more.

The Kangaroo

A kangaroo kept getting out of his enclosure at the zoo, so the zoo officials put up a 3m fence. He was out the next morning, just roaming around the zoo. A 6m fence was put up. Again he got out. When the fence was 15m high, a camel in the next enclosure asked the..read more.

First Impressions Last

Among one of my weekly tasks is the review of the new crop of  registrants on the Tutors International database. Some may think that this is an automated process, but as the person who has looked at all the registrations since we set up the database I can assure you that there’s nothing automatic about..read more.

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