Can't help but feel sorry for Mr Ruby

IF you are considering the possibility of a fund-raising sweepstake on behalf of a charity for next year, perhaps you could do worse than allow your readers to take a small wager on the exact date that Liz Ruby writes her first column on "The joys of being a single parent".

By The Newsroom

Published 11th Dec 2008, 16:27 BST

Updated 7th Jun 2018, 23:47 BST

The man known only as "Accountant" will surely not take much more of this weekly public humiliation (A boy named Chickie), before he is forced to decide between murder, suicide or looking for the exit.

Personally, I'd have left months ago, but since he is obviously a man of extraordinary patience.

Could I place my pound on January 2, 2009.

I reckon that Christmas will probably be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

Andrew Lawrenson

Langbury Lane

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