"Why are you so late back from holiday?" asked the chairman of the improbably-sized investment company Prandeamus Asset Management when I visited him this week. "Ah," I said sheepishly.
"I'm afraid I may have misled you about my real return date. I'm not proud of myself but it seemed the only way to stop you following me around France. Sorry." "Oh well," shrugged the chairman, who is nothing if not thick-skinned. "No harm done - especially if you can mend my computer mouse." "Don't you have an IT department for that sort of thing?" I asked. "Not since they quit after I suggested an eight-year-old could do their job," the chairman replied. "And?" I prompted. "I'm not sure," sighed the chairman. "Maybe I hired the wrong eight-year-old." "He probably could have solved y...
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