THE Margin liked the latest offering from the FT: Arriving at the scene of a vehicle collision, a policeman finds the driver of a smashed luxury car jumping around with annoyance. "Look what he's done to my car," he screamed.

The policeman was not impressed. "You drivers are all the same - you only care about your material possessions. Don't you realise that you've lost your left arm?" The driver glanced down. "Oh no, my Rolex!"