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> 
> Exercise:  You are a poor student and are applying for a programming job.
> The job is in London and involves a strict dress code.
> You prepare the night before by washing your only white shirt and ironing it
> with your landlady's iron.... this leaves black tar spread around the
> collar.  All the launderettes are closed and the landlady has no
> washing machine.  Niether can you wash the shirt by hand.  How do
> you impress the interviewer in your business suit while wearing a dirty
> shirt? 
> 

Cover your suit with a substance of a similar colour and pretend you
have fallen over drunk on the way to the interview.

