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04 May 2006
Issue: 4056 / Categories: Forum & Feedback


Correspondence from readers on topical subjects.

A tale of two sisters

Alice and Mary were sisters. By a curious coincidence they shared the same birthday: Alice was born on 1 June 1979 just two years before Mary. They were very bright girls. They had gone to the same Oxford college where both got first class degrees in PPE. They had, in turn, got very good jobs in the Civil Service and hoped one day to become Permanent Secretaries. To their parents' dismay, they were enthusiastic supporters of New Labour.


Correspondence from readers on topical subjects.

A tale of two sisters

Alice and Mary were sisters. By a curious coincidence they shared the same birthday: Alice was born on 1 June 1979 just two years before Mary. They were very bright girls. They had gone to the same Oxford college where both got first class degrees in PPE. They had in turn got very good jobs in the Civil Service and hoped one day to become Permanent Secretaries. To their parents' dismay they were enthusiastic supporters of New Labour.
They managed their finances well and never got into debt. They both enjoyed a party and good wines but never drank too much and refused to have anything whatsoever to do with drugs.
However they had one great weakness in common. They were absolute suckers when it came to dealing with plausible young men. Alice had...

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