(The event also includes the art of crafting compliments, though we’re far less interested in that.) Learning shiny new insults will certainly benefit the Diary Editor, who is sadly running out of invective to spray at his cowering minions. At the moment, the poor chap is making do with: “poltroon”, “nincompoop”, “base and craven cur”, and “Daily Record reader”. In his local Glasgow café, reader William Dean bought a Diet Coke and offered his loyalty card to get stamped. INTRIGUED reader Ian Noble from Carstairs Village gets in touch to say: “Can you imagine living in a world without hypothetical situations?”

Source: The Herald October 03, 2023 20:55 UTC