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Very sweet.<\/p>\n<p>And now there&#8217;s even <a href=\"http:\/\/threescore.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/17\/catching\/\">imitation from nearly-31-year-old Managing Directors of PR agencies<\/a> who don&#8217;t think there are enough Ts in cans of alphabet spaghetti for them to write their press releases. Oh how true that seems at times!<\/p>\n<p>This sort of reaction is not new &#8211; but it is heart-warming, and great to see in today&#8217;s society of bland corporate identities. \u00a0(The positive press it&#8217;s generated won&#8217;t have done them any harm either!)<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure, if I look hard enough, I can find a letter from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iam.org.uk\/\">Institute of Advanced Motorists<\/a>, congratulating me, aged 7 and a-quarter, on my entry in their road sign recognition competition at the Northampton Town Show (which was only beaten on the last day) and enclosing a book token. 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