Yeah, I enjoyed it. The teacher had lived in Japan for a while so we also got culture lessons, which was great.

I’m in Australia, we had French or Japanese. I took Japanese.

Aussie (SEQ) here. Local lowest price for U91 is 189.9/L (505.48/gal US). Used to average around 152/L (404.6/gal US).

THE BOY WANTS A PAIR OF TROUSERS THAT HE DOESN’T HAVE TO SHARE, A HUGE MEAT PIE, A SUGAR MOUSE, ‘A LOT OF TOYS’ AND A PUPPY CALLED SCRUFF.
‘Ah, sweet,’ said Albert. ‘I shall wipe away a tear, ‘cos what he’s gettin’, see, is this little wooden toy and an apple.’ He held them out.
BUT THE LETTER CLEARLY -
‘Yes, well, it’s socio-economic factors again, right?’ said Albert ‘The world’d be in a right mess if everyone got what they asked for, eh?.. What good’s a god who gives you everything you want?’
YOU HAVE ME THERE.
‘It’s the hope that’s important. Big part of belief, hope. Give people jam today and they’ll just sit and eat it. jam tomorrow, now - that’ll keep them going for ever.’
AND YOU MEAN THAT BECAUSE OF THIS THE POOR GET POOR THINGS AND THE RICH GET RICH THINGS?

• Sir Terry Pratchett, Hogfather