Is it a lampshade? ...

Because of an earlier association with a centre of academy in London, St. Anley recently received this effigy in the post.

 

"... the proper course of action is the one that maximizes utility,
specifically defined as maximising happiness and reducing suffering."

It’s supposed to be Jeremy Bentham, (1748 – 1832.)

You know: a proponent of utilitarianism, egalitarianism and social welfare.

He is regarded as the ‘spiritual founder’ of University College London.

Upon his death his body was publically dissected, and his head was mummified, (rather badly,) and placed on public display within UCL.

Rumours that undergraduates played football with his head are untrue.

A Courageous Woman ...

Saint Anley salutes ...

Aung San Suu Kyi

Technology ...

Last week my wife sat on the printer/scanner/photocopier.
Quite what she was trying to do, I hesitate to ask!
She was uninjured but ...

Unable to cope with life without such hardware, St. Anley searches the world-wide-interweb for an economic replacement.
It arrives promptly the following morning.

It says ‘wireless’ on the box.

"That's exciting!" thinks St. Anley.

He carefully unpacks the machine and checks the contents as per the enclosed documentation.

Yes, it’s all their ...

 

He then spends a couple of hours installing the ink, filling the paper tray and pressing various buttons to try to find ‘network setup’ in the menu on the LCD screen.

Achieving nothing, he makes one of those very expensive telephone calls to the help-line.

Tracey answers ...
 

“What’s on the screen?”she asks.

“It’s blank,” replies St. Anley..

“Have you plugged it into the mains?”

“But it’s WIRELESS, isn’t it?”