Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
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There used to be a profuse colony of white-flowered musk mallow
in
West Wales. When I wrote, in a column I used to do,
sarcastically
congratulating the Council on wiping them out, there were
several
complaints.

To you, or the council?

To the Ed -- a tricky weapon, irony.

Ah, a stab in the back rather than a frontal assault, then.

That the way it generally works: complaints to the editor, praise to
the author!

--
Mike.