Numb and number

Over a pint of excellent Dyscalculia, the chairman ponders what would happen if the numbers just didn't add up

"Apparently people are saying that we're getting soft," I remarked to the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company SmallBlue Planet as we sank a few pints of Dyscalculia at The Human Error the other day. "I know," sighed the chairman. "Trouble is, even though Mrs Chairman is becoming less and less subtle in her comments about my expanding waistline, I'm afraid I'm just a sucker for this beer and its sweet, sweet taste." "The beer really is good," I agreed. "But fortunately – or perhaps not, I suppose – I don't think that's the sort of softness they, whoever they may be, a...