From HM ambassador's correspondence

[Lucky Strike]

Doing sweet FA at the FO:

[As clever as this is, it is just simply too far over the line for our varied membership. I suggest you share it through PMs. -HJ]

 

[Smithy]

Great stuff!

Lucky Strike, you should hunt down the marvellous book, "The Leisure of an Egyptian Official" by Lord Edward Cecil. He was a civil servant in Egypt just after WWI, parts of it are simply hilarious, Lord Edward complaining intensely about the butler who brings his breakfast in the morning and invariably trips and bangs and crashes the silver, much hand-wringing and anger about fluctuating grain prices, hobnobbing it at various official bunfights. Brilliant and highly amusing book - reminds me, I really must read it again.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

why not just delete the thread rather than leaving a tantalising hint to the wonders it contained?

bk

 

[Lucky Strike]

Oh, sorry about that - duly noted.

 

[dhermann1]

I saw it. Baron, get him to PM it to you. TOOOOOO funny! I was afraid it wouldn't last in general view, tho.