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Compliment Society

By Tom Bottle

Anybody noticed an upsurge in sly looks and digs in the ribs out there recently? Neither have I. Common decency and basic manners on the slide? Not where I’m standin’. In fact, positive acts and utterances in the public realm are up 15% since last Bonfire Night. The figure doubles on Tuesdays for some reason regardless of weather, location or inside leg. Some people who haven’t had a nice word said to them in years now admit to buttering themselves up in anticipation of another compliment as they walk down the street. So, there’s no credit crunch on being nice.

You can’t argue with facts and figures but where the hell did I get them? Well, since you ask, I got them from a kosher little set up going under the name of the Compliment Society. Formed on a whim by a mystery benefactor the whole operation steams along on just two rules:1. All compliments come from the heart, and 2. Are guaranteed for 12 months. There’s no subscription fee or forms to fill in, no meetings, no AGM. Word of mouth is the thing. Listen up, agree to the two rules and you’re in! Even reading this and repeating the mantra (out loud or silently to yourself, it doesn’t matter) still counts. All you have to do now is go out there and practise.

Hey!
Before you go,
You look good.

(From the heart and guaranteed for 12 months)

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