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Your old mate is well aware of the disdain many farmers hold for the shiny suits and paper shufflers who work in offices.
However, spare a thought for the dangers these people suffer in the day-to-day work life. Reports from England say the Manchester NHS Trust has banned the use of paperclips because staff kept cutting themselves! So, the trust sent out a memo telling employees that all paperclips ‘should be carefully disposed of’ and replaced with plastic fasteners. And you thought life was tough down on the farm!
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