The missus is employed again. Sheâs like the opposite of Yosser Hughes or is living in the seventies where you could be out of work at the end of one week and in a new job the next.
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We have identified a new point of difference in our house. Itâs called the France divide
Basically, two of us, myself and my London based daughter say it correctly.
When the other two say it, it rhymes with âpantsâ
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By âcorrectlyâ, do you mean rhyming with auntâs using a smooth R, or with wants using a rough R?
Iâm trying to establish whether he means the correct English pronunciation of France, or the correct French pronunciation. 
Well I actually like to go the full France, which is saying it the way they say it.
Bit of attitude in the pronunciation, like.
avec un accent français :-
Oui, câest la France uhh, <shrug shoulders>
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Isnât that a type of pasta??
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Iâm surrounded by plebs. No wonder Lord Slowlane gets frustrated by the level of discourse here. 
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Ainât that the truth or at least somewhat believable. 
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I got a new nickname over Christmas. I am short, and I am partially sighted, so as me and my family were playing poker (the first time ever with stakes, so people remained interested) they dubbed me âSmall Blindâ.
My fault really. I was the chief advocate for this game and in my enthusiasm to get a low stakes rumble into the festive period, I did not think through the potential consequences when playing with a load of bastards, unwittingly trained by me.
Iâm adopting the name though.
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I bet you jumped at it, given your recent comments regarding the family trait of miniscule wedding tackle. âSmall Blindâ indeed, you must think itâs still Christmas 
Hmmmm, do you think the site owner will let me play with his small things?
Yep
Put it to a vote?
If you dont. I will
The weird thing is no-one is shy about it, and despite all that, we are all still here, despite assumed generations of people inheriting the âTaylor endowmentâ.
Itâs that collective sense of mutual suffering and the word and actions of one of my school mates that inspires me to continue, despite the bad start in life.
The school mate used to go around telling anyone that would listen that his chopper was tiny. âThereâs something in thisâ, I thought.
Thus, a career of underpromising and over-delivering was born. Iâd day things like âyouâd need two electron microscopes to see mine, just to verify it existsâ andf the girls would be thrilled when it was the size of a button mushroom.
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