Words I wish I had written in 2018 (and 2017, for that matter) As 2018 staggers to an end, the realisation dawns on me that I’ve been writing this website for almost eight years. The number of lost weekends spent churning out an ungodly assemblage of verbs, adjectives and innuendo-laden captions is almost beyond counting. … Continue reading
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Tipping by John Lithgow and the Reservoir Dogs
Tipping after a restaurant meal involves an intricate web of complex economic issues and social mores. Many of us will remember the deftly articulate (and profanity-laden) discussion on the issue in the prologue to Reservoir Dogs. A less well-known alternative method of tipping was demostrated by Dick Solomon (John Lithgow to his friends) in hit-and-miss … Continue reading