Less appetizing were the hordes of green, shiny muck-flies which were to be found all over the island, even amid the thickest tussock.

'Oh yes, that's all very well, but we haven't done with it yet,' said the lad, 'we shall have it worse directly,' and he ordered them to furl every rag but the mizen.

Last issue IMD described how Mullard “sold” its AX TV tube to retailers in order to put pressure on setmakers to incorporate it in their products: a classic backsell.

That guy at work is such a dipshit!