Way back in the mists of time there was a financial journalist who wrote a column for an investment magazine. Often he would write an article extolling the virtues of a share. He was also pally with a stockbroker. If one had access to the dealing sheets of the firm said stockbroker worked for one could discern interesting trading patterns. The curious regularity which said journalist’s brother-in-law and other names were buying shares in companies that coincidentally were then tipped in the mag & unloading them after publication.
Back in those days, the area around the City had much more diverse industry. Amongst the enterprises was printing & by another coincidence the magazine was printed not a mile from the Stock Exchange.
Print workers are notorious drinkers, as are stockbrokers, so it would be no coincidence to find both in the same pub. Now if a compositor could be persuaded to purloin…….I’ll leave the rest to your imagination.

Tim adds: topy…ahem, yes.

F**kfits the lot of them.