As a consequence a lot of money went into our bank account (don't worry, most of it will shortly go out of it again).
A quarter of an hour later I went to the bank to pay in Monday's takings.
Mr Main, have you considered an ISA? I was asked, the minute the banking was completed, by the smiling cashier.
I hesitated to answer, reflecting that it was the first time in thirteen years that I had been asked this question, and then out of sympathy with the woman who had been handed the bum task of asking it, and even though I had every good reason too, I resisted the temptation to tell Lloyds Tsb to go fuck itself.
[A customer emailed me yesterday to ask if this was a genuine offer. It is, and there will be more.]
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