I have a weakness for the versifier Ogden Nash and one of my favourites is his observation:
Shake and shake the ketchup bottle
First none will come and then a lot’ll.
It has been a bit like that this past year with my punting. Last year’s Twelve to Follow for the Flat didn’t lose us a fortune but nor did they make us one.
Disagree with half of it, enjoy reading all of it
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