A Mug's Game
My P.A. Joanne returned to work after Christmas determined to do her bit for the environment. That means, of course, that I get roped in to this idealism. Not content that I'm already exchanging my car for a push-bike Jo has now decreed that we should no longer use those styrofoam cups for our morning coffee, afternoon tea and evening cocoa. OK, we don't work late enough to have cocoa, but you get the idea. Jo says we now have to use real mugs and then - wait for it -wash them afterwards.
I pointed out that the amount of detergent we'll then pour into the Moray Firth will probably kill off all the dolphins. Not that I had any scientific evidence for this theory, but it's always good to introduce the prospect of dead dolphins into any argument you're in danger of losing.
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