The onset of silly season prompts indecorous wisecracks from the chairman, an aficionado of 'classic' jokes
"Fun sort of a week?" asked the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment group SmallBlue Planet as we met up for a pint or two of Jefferson Airplane at The Departure Gate. "Not so much fun as funny," I replied. "And by that I mean odd. I'd rather thought we'd missed out on any silly season for news this year but it just appears to have been waiting to enjoy an Indian summer." "Ignoring a contender for the award for the year's most obvious press release, which revealed the shocking news pay reviews are the major cause of conflict with one's boss, I also learned a new internet-screen...
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