The chairman discovers a new pub and contemplates retirement
'I've found a new pub we should investigate,' said the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company SmallBlue Planet with the sort of enthusiasm he tends only to be able to muster for, well, the discovery of new drinking establishments. 'Excellent news,' I said with similar relish before stopping short as a terrible thought struck me. 'Hang on ' HSBC Bank don't go drinking there, do they?' 'I really wouldn't know,' replied the chairman. 'But I didn't realise you had a problem with the good people of HSBC.' 'I don't,' I said. 'It's just something they sent me the other day ab...
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