Diary of an Unsmug Married (57 page)

Authors: Polly James

^fn2Bonjour. Je m’appelle Marie-Louise. Pouvez-vous m’aider, s’il vous plaît?: Hello, my name is Marie-Louise. Could you help me, please? (She asked for that.)

^fn3Red Ed: Ed Miliband, now leader of the Labour Party, after stabbing his brother in the back according to Greg, or striking a blow for socialism according to The Boss. Also known as Gromit by Mum, who tends to get him and Wallace muddled up.

Chapter Six: October

^fn1Chuggers: Charity muggers, according to Josh, and especially to Connie, who is always being conned into setting up direct debits to give them more money than she can afford. Probably our fault for choosing her name.

^fn2The Stanford Prison Experiment: A psychological experiment carried out at Stanford University, which seemed to prove that we all have it in us to become completely power-mad. Some of us more than others, I suspect.

^fn3Daylight Savings Bill: Proposal to advance UK time by one hour ‘for all or part of the year’. I’ve never really worked out how that differs from what happens at the moment, and The Boss certainly hasn’t.

^fn4Alex Salmond: First Minister of Scotland. Or ‘Mr Smug’, as he’s affectionately described by Greg.

About the Author

Polly James was born in Wales, but now lives in East Anglia, which she finds unnervingly flat, and chock-full of writers.

She works as an editor, but has had a variety of different jobs, ranging from teaching dance, and designing clothes, to being an advisor for the CAB and a caseworker for two different Members of Parliament. She has found something to laugh about in all of them.

Polly is married, with two children, and a large extended family, none of whom find her half as funny as she thinks she is.

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