Keep The Circle Around

Christmas drinks with interesting people; the highlight of the night was undoubtedly introducing an American to the exciting world of the doner kebab. It wasn't an entirely felicitous meeting, as the amount of chilli sauce on it would have provoked a seizure in less sturdy individuals, and the first strip of red-hot meat hurtled straight down her windpipe by way of greeting. Though the errant chunk of flesh was thankfully extracted without recourse to Herr Heimlich's Little Book Of Choking Remedies, she was forced to admit ignominious defeat after accidentally snapping the little plastic fork that came with the meal. It was left tellingly impaled in a chunk of meat as a memorial to the dish that had waged war against her, and so valiantly won.