Underwear

A client operates a garage as a sole trader. Taking my car there for its annual service the other day I commented that he was looking rather frozen. “It’s probably something to do with this cold snap ” he suggested somewhat sarcastically I thought.

While he was kneeling on the concrete floor and loosening an important looking bolt with a hefty spanner in his bare hands I wondered aloud (being a big fan of them myself) whether he was wearing any thermal underwear.

Turns out that he wasn’t – well I’m taking his word for it – and I suggested that this might be a good idea. I was about to add that the expense would of course be tax-deductible but then started to have second thoughts.

Before he asked I managed to distract him with a question of whether I might have an airlock...