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The week in MC chit-chat

Should you share the cost of dinner at someone else’s house if it turns out to be takeaway?

You should probably offer, but the host should categorically refuse any contribution

Jaffa cakes

The sort of trashy treat it's perfectly acceptable to love

“Let me finish” and “I have three points to make”

Incredibly annoying things to say when in discussion

Lemon curd

It’s time we saw a revival

Muesli

Tedious, yeah, but an MC cornerstone. You must persist with it

Porridge

Amazing stuff. Crosses all the classes. Add banana slices to make more middle-class

Posh actors

What, just because they went to private school they’re not talented and hard working?

Cornflakes

Miserable, generally. But if you must, they have to be Kellogg’s