In these days of the Guinness Book of Records, with prizes and honours going to anyone who comes first in anything, may I suggest a new category which is spreading like wildfire and has an even bigger future, be recognised?
Namely, the art of claiming the maximum possible amount from your fellow citizens in the way of state benefits and services.
The person who receives the most and the public official who gives the most will both to be invited forward on to the podium for full and deserved recognition.
-JS Bergen, Hove
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