The Plot Thickens.

[Jellybean]

Worry ye not Jellybean. With regards to my taxable restaurant commissions. My solicitor, Mr. A. Blowy-Molten has assured me that this income is classed as charity work due to my administrative duties on this very board. Duties that include arranging meals for the elderly superannuated residents who don't get out much.

Ahhhh . . . so you're using the services of old Blowy-Molten are you, arsenal. Forgive me for saying, but he’s well known in revenue circles and is quite the old rascal. If anyone can find a loophole, it’s him.

So you say it is all charity work, do you. Well, who would have known you had a soft side to your character. Spending so much time and effort running a meals-on-wheels service for the most elderly and infirm Pattaya expats and, while you did not mention it directly, due, I suspect, to your ingrained modesty, making arrangements for them to achieve one final crisis before they shuffle off this mortal coil. This is something most of us would consider above and beyond the call of duty.

Such unstinting and selfless charitable work is to be commended and should, in my opinion, be officially recognised. I am therefore minded to put your name forward at the next honours round. Sadly, it is now too late for the Queen's birthday honours, but you may be in with a chance in the New Year honours. Just keep your nose clean in the meantime. We wouldn't want any hint of a public scandal, would we?