For her traditional Christmas treat Mary has invited some of her favourite figures in the public eye to submit personal problems for her attention.
From Robert Hiscox
Q. Christmas time brings the threat of having to dance at a staff party. As a chairman in my sixties I wonder how to maintain any dignity when dragged on to the dance floor and faced by a gyrating young female. I believe actually holding a lady in your arms while dancing is as out of date as the Charleston, and would be highly dangerous in today’s threatening climate of employment litigation. Refusing to dance at all would be deeply stand-offish. Is there an approved ‘Chairman’s shuffle’?
A. Indeed. Insist on taking to the dance floor still holding your glass of champagne in addition to, ideally, a lighted cigar. Thus encumbered, it would clearly be impossible for you to indulge in full Jaggeresque gyrations.
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