From our esteemed leader, Ace Iceberg, another corporate epistle arrives, this time on my computer screen:
"To: All general partners and cleaning staff
Subject: New Year's resolution No. 566
"This is the first of many memos I intend to distribute over the firm's internal e-mail. I have been persuaded it will be a huge cost-saver. Halmchinkel Maldroit Analretentive, the little genius that lives in my head, approached me in the rest room this morning and reported that our bottom line continues to sing like a skylark, and could improve only if we abandon the use of paper altogether. So here we are with me firmly in the 1990s, using a computer instead of a pad and pen, even though I was born in 1937.
"Why is this? I am of the opinion that dogs of all shapes and sizes can be taught new tricks. I am currently trying to teach our family cocker spaniel to answer the telephone when we are out after two rings. So far my success has been limited and the police have called me a couple of times to ask if I have breathing problems.