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[[File:Robin.jpeg|350px|thumb|The contrarian in all of us]]<center><big><big><big><big><big><big>'''{{Helvetica|The Jolly Contrarian}}'''</big></big></big></big></big></big></center> | [[File:Robin.jpeg|350px|thumb|The contrarian in all of us]]<center><big><big><big><big><big><big>'''{{Helvetica|The Jolly Contrarian}}'''</big></big></big></big></big></big></center> | ||
<center><Big>''“In | <center><Big>''“In Basic, I am told, you cannot make a meaningless statement without its being apparent that it is meaningless—which is quite enough to explain why so many schoolmasters, editors, politicians and literary critics object to it.”'' — George Orwell</big></center> | ||
A stroll through the brambles of [[law]], [[crap jobs|management]], [[philosophy]], [[language]], [[technology]], [[cricket]] and [[high finance]]. Like a good alluvial fan, everything is silting up nicely and there are now {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles in this wiki. | A stroll through the brambles of [[law]], [[crap jobs|management]], [[philosophy]], [[language]], [[technology]], [[cricket]] and [[high finance]]. Like a good alluvial fan, everything is silting up nicely and there are now {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles in this wiki. | ||
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'''Much flippancy''' about [[plain English]], [[buzzword]]s, [[technology]], [[negotiation]], [[flannel]], [[Latin]], [[Greeks|Greek]], [[metaphor]] and [[:category:Egg|egg]]s. <br> | '''Much flippancy''' about [[plain English]], [[buzzword]]s, [[technology]], [[negotiation]], [[flannel]], [[Latin]], [[Greeks|Greek]], [[metaphor]] and [[:category:Egg|egg]]s. <br> | ||
A new section on the [[Wage and price freeze|odd political situation]] in [[New Zealand]] in 1982. (Why? — long story, really.) | A new section on the [[Wage and price freeze|odd political situation]] in [[New Zealand]] in 1982. (Why? — long story, really.) | ||
==={{Helvetica|What’s new}}=== | ==={{Helvetica|What’s new}}=== |