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The Devil’s Advocate Notes on the absurdity of office life.	For the legal eagles Common legal agreements, examined.	For malcontents Miscellany. And eggs.
The Devil’s Advocate: A growing body of nonsense — systems analysis, behavioural economics, design principles and so on — about how we should, but generally don’t, carry on. Anatomies: Anatomy and nutshell guides to master agreements. These may be out of date, unfashionable, flippant — well, they are flippant — but, being free, are better value than that FT book about derivatives; Much flippancy about plain English, buzzwords, technology, negotiation, flannel, Latin, Greek, metaphor and eggs. And Toto.	Business day convention: When day count fractions get together for a knees-up in ’Vegas, look out. Minimum Transfer Amount: What’s the least margin I have to give my broker? Independent Amount: Margin that’s mouthy. Cross acceleration: Speeding after an argument with the spouse, or what? Credit risk mitigation techniques: Hoo boy. If this is popular, then someone’s bored. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing: Some legal eaglery right there, friends	“Does Kilimanjaro rise above the Serengeti?” A perennial hot topic. (Spoiler: No.) “Golgafrincham”: Middle management, as foretold by Douglas Adams “Crazy Ivan”: Black-belt conference call misbehaviour. “I’m not going to die in a ditch about it”: The greatest negotiation climb-down. “Brother Maynard”: Consult the Book of Armaments! “Yogababble”: That most millennial mode of flannelry
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