A friend who was in the medical profession once said to me how much he hated going to events where he was likely to make new acquaintances. 'The problem is,' he said, 'every time I'm asked what I do for a living, I find myself spending the rest of the evening making diagnoses. Plasterers don't have this problem, do they?' Actually, I told him, they probably do: any time I let on that I review hi-fi for a living, I either get 'What, you're paid to listen to music?, or 'Oh right, so what are the best speakers to buy?', and the suggestion that you're copping out when you start with 'Well, it depends...'
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