The chairman is almost tempted to throw his toys out of the pram on hearing of the financial burden of pester power
"What were you saying about million-dollar babies?" asked the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company SmallBlue Planet as we braced ourselves for two more pints of Somebody Stole My Cheltenham at The Health & Safety. A whole day's racing - particularly if there isn't any racing - can be a bit of a trial and we were entering the final non-furlong in danger of running out of steam. "I never mentioned million-dollar babies," I replied. "Yes you did," the chairman insisted. "Oh, you mean about a month ago," I remembered. "I think I may have mentioned that, according to one of...
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