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With miserable singleton's piling on debt all over the land, the chairman scents an opportunity

"Have you ever considered 'greenshifting'?" I asked the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company SmallBlue Planet as we enjoyed a few pints of Five Beaming Hacks at The Debatable Need For Yet More Awards Won By The Same Old Faces. "I've no idea what you're on about, old boy," came the reply. "But, believe me, if it's green, we've considered it. "We have an ethical fund for every taste and occasion, we recycle all the time - and I don't just mean marketing ideas - and I've even considered buying a bicycle." "That's impressive," I said. "But where will your chauffeuse sit?" "...

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