Another contretemps with those wicked words

I’d been racking my brain for ages about how to get across to this blogging community that I want the date of everyone’s birthday. As I sat there pondering the problem, I realised it was time to get the troops working … I sighed. If only it weren’t such a goddam struggle …! “Hokay !” I called, clapping my hands in true Head Prefect style: “ pay attention, you guys !” There was a kind of floor-level murmuration, and they started to come to life – not with willingness, I’m obliged to admit. The...