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SUNDAY, 18 MAY 1986
Passive income takes a surprising amount of active effort.
Mostly explaining it at parties to people backing away.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You spent £400 on an ergonomic chair. You sit on it like a frog.…
- Your gym membership is the most expensive guilt you've ever bought. It renews automatically.…
- Your Sunday-night plan for Monday was ambitious. Monday read it, laughed, and forwarded it…
- Nobody has ever said "thank goodness it's Monday". Except a manager, and he meant…
- Not all who wander are lost. You are. The map gave up.
- A tidy playroom lasts exactly as long as it takes to photograph. The photo…
- The bins are now fortnightly. The council tax is still monthly.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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