[Musings] Cynics

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One of my colleagues has just said, "Call me a cynic." I'm now wondering whether this would be like calling someone a cab ... do they give an ETA in the next half hour, and then sit outside muttering to themselves? And are there two kinds - licensed cynics (wearing black, perhaps - hmmm, found myself a career), and dodgy unlicensed, unmetered cynics who hang around outside offices offering cynicism at cheap rates, with whom you have to agree the price at the outset?

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You called a Cynic, sir?

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