I have identified the most awkward question in the English
language. A simple series of words which, when you are meeting
someone for the first time, can stop a conversation dead and create
an atmosphere of awkwardness in an instant. There are plenty of
contenders for this title: ‘Those UKIP chaps have got the right
idea about immigration, don’t you think?’; ‘I think Clare Balding
is a bit annoying if I’m honest’ and ‘I wish everything tasted like
marzipan, don’t you?’ (That last one is an …
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