Rob Armstrong

So why would you try to fix it?

But let me ask you this, Katie.

Let me turn the question on you.

Those big European companies that report only twice a year and then sort of have mid-period sales updates, is that such a bad system?

Are you left wanting more by those big European firms?

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So you should go first.

I've got a short for you.

I think, Katie, I've reached an age where I am short the open bar.

I was at an FT cocktail party last night, an FT weekend event.

It was a very nice event.

But it's open bar and I have these two vectors of my personality, which are likes to drink bourbon and is cheap.

And those two lines cross at open bar where I'm like, I have to have a couple of extra bourbons because they're free.

And this, you know, this was maybe an acceptable situation 20 years ago for me physiologically.