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"an appallingly dull fellow",
"unimaginative"...

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"timid, spineless",
"easily dominated"...

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"no sense of humor,"
"tedious company"...

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and "irrepressibly
drab and awful".

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And where as in most professions
these would be considerable drawbacks...

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in accountancy
they are a positive boon.

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l'm only as awful as this
because accountancy does this to peopIe.

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Can't you help me?
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Any idea of what you want to be?
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- Yes. Yes, l have.
- What is it?

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A lion tamer.
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Yes. Of course,
it's a bit of a jump, isn't it...

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accountancy to lion taming
in one go?

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Don't think it'd be better to work your
way towards lion taming via banking?

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- Or insurance?
- No! l don't want to wait.

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l want to start immediately.
Tomorrow morning at 9:00...

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l want to be in there, taming.
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Yes, but what qualifications
do you have?

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- l've got a hat.
- A hat?

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Yes, a lion taming hat, a hat
with "Lion Tamer" written on it...

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and it lights up, saying "Lion Tamer"
in big red neon letters...

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so you can tame them
after dark.

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- l see.
- During the day, you switch it off...

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and you can claim it as reasonable wear
and tear under "allowable expenses"...

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under paragraph 335...
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Yes. l follow.
But, you see, the snag is...

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if l now call the service
and say to them...

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"l've got a 45-year-old accountant
who wants to become a lion tamer"...

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their first question is not going to be
"Does he have his own hat?"

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They're more likely to ask
what experience you've had with lions.

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- l've seen'em at the zoo.
- Good.

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Little brown, furry creatures with
short, stumpy legs and great long noses.

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I could tame one of those.
l don't know what all the fuss is about.

1:14:44
Look pretty tame
to start with.

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And these lions,
how high are they?

1:14:49
Oh, about so high .
They don't frighten me at all.

1:14:53
And do these Iions eat ants?
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Yes, that's right.
1:14:58
Well, l'm afraid what you've got hold of
there, Mr. Anchovy, is an anteater.


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