As an 80 year old I say Yippee. I’m reminded of when he was appointed England manager. During the period leading to his selection a friend of mine was a maths and sports teacher, including the football team, at a well known West Country school. He found managing the team a bit of a trial. So, he wrote to the FA explaining that as he had a busy schedule ahead of him, would they please not place him on the short list for England manager, and they would they write and confirm that they had followed his request.
The FA, assuming he was a nutter but to maintain good PR duly wrote him a letter confirming he was not on the short list. Knowing what nosey buggers his class were, he casually left the letter on the corner of his desk. Within hours the whole school was talking about how he nearly made the short list for the England manager job. From that day the team listened with rapt attention to his every word, and followed his instructions to the letter!
The FA, assuming he was a nutter but to maintain good PR duly wrote him a letter confirming he was not on the short list. Knowing what nosey buggers his class were, he casually left the letter on the corner of his desk. Within hours the whole school was talking about how he nearly made the short list for the England manager job. From that day the team listened with rapt attention to his every word, and followed his instructions to the letter!
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