Frogs, Tea, and Dragon Slayers...

It is rather dull out there in market-land and looks to remain so for the summer. There is a host of good data due from America this week, so, there will be something to talk about later.  In the meantime, I've been busy reading about the case of the one legged frogs here on the BBC. What else? Dead Bankers from Clapham here at (apologies) The Daily Mail. And something cheerful?  Put the kettle on.  Tea is good for you, according to the BBC here.

Oh.  You want something Economic?  Go read this Sunday's Home section in the Times.  The lovely French home featured had me on the phone last night.  It is owned by Dragon's Denner Duncan Bannatyne and he is hopping mad about paying top-of-the-market prices for it.  So much, that he has terribly rudely insulted my Very Blonde girlfriend's father, who was the previous owner. Clearly, VB girlfriend's dad is a bit of a Dragon slayer.  I have do have a soft spot for Glaswegian men, but, in this case, an anonymous man winning over a man who has made his investing very public is one of those nice kinds of victories people use as plot devices in children's storybooks.  Moral?  Always.  Modesty and self-belief can go hand in hand and are a successful combination.  Steely business skills are the part they probably left out of the children's version.  Pity.