Envy of those more fortunate bad for the soul

Our man inside the game is baffled by rumours of Crouch or Carroll to Chelsea. But he’s no longer bitter

My sibling works in insurance. To be more precise my sibling works in a department within a monstrous insurance company that specialises in life insurance. Sometimes we talk to each other about our depression.

You see, there is a particular day when life insurance claims spike. It coincides with the first credit card bills appearing on the doormat after the relative happiness of Christmas. It also ties in with a run of limited daylight that stretches from the shortest day on December 21st through to the first week of January.