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Robert McNeil: If anyone mentions the word 'lifestyle' I will smash every window in the place



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Published Date: 09 September 2008
HERE are two things I will not be doing: dancing to save the planet and getting a lifestyle manager. One reason I will not be doing the latter is that even a whisper of the word "lifestyle" tends to make me violent. If you and I were in, say, the Victorian Temperate Palm House in Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Garden, and you were to ululate, "I say, Robin, what sort of lifestyle are you following these days?", I guarantee that I would smash every window in the place, before headi
However, some people find nothing wrong with the concept of "lifestyle", and these people are called pigs. They have been hiring lifestyle managers at £1,800 a year to take care of all the little niggling things that might otherwise make them suicida...



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  • Last Updated: 09 September 2008 12:25 AM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Robert McNeil
 
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Maybe Jo,

Painted Post 09/09/2008 15:06:59
It's been grand...life has...and today's column too!

 

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