Under The Counter has no interest in dogs, greyhounds excepted, but he is polite.
So he had the decency to feign interest when his neighbour was showing off their new pup, an adorable labradoodle.
“What’s a labradoodle?” inquired the Auld Boy.
On discovering that the £1,000 bundle of fur trying to eat his trousers was a cross between a labrador and a poodle, UTC brought the conversation to a swift conclusion with a gruff, “We called them mongrels back in the day.” Turns out he’s not so polite after all.
He was minded of this encounter recently when news dropped of Elfbar’s new refillable vape. Now, Under The Counter likes a bit of marketing hyperbole as much as the next curmudgeonly geriatric, so he was instantly drawn to the trumpeting of the device’s “premium vegan leather” finish.
Premium vegan leather? Back in the day, the Auld Boy called that plastic.
