Resolved! - Karen Bush
New Year is not just about partying ... Because, as you will of course all know, they not only understand every word I say, but are perfectly capable of communicating a few choice ones themselves, I thought it timely to have a chat with my two office assistants, Archie and Angel, about making some New Year Resolutions: ANGEL: But our ears are always naked. ME: [baffled] What? ARCHIE: [patiently] Our ears are always naked. Unclothed. Exposed. Without coverings. ME: Oh … right. I think you may have misheard. I was asking about your New Year Resolutions, not nude ears. ARCHIE: Well you should have said. Honestly, your diction is getting worse. No-one would believe you had elocution lessons in your youth. ANGEL: And even they weren’t successful. In England everyone commented on your Irish accent and in Ireland they commented on your English accent. ARCHIE: But we blame the pupil, rather than the teacher. ANGEL: Yeah! Tin ear! ARCHIE: Tin ears ! ...