20/08/16: "Lovely gentlemen" (MS)

Woman at the till in MS: Multiple Sclerosis Society, East Barnet, upon seeing myself and four other men browsing in her shop:

"My goodness! All these lovely gentlemen! Close the door! I don't often get this many men in the room at once..."

13/08/16: Jar Jar Binks (Barnardo's)

Barnardo's, Whetstone. Everyone's least favourite Star Wars character finds himself alongside the Mon Calamari Rebel commander Admiral Ackbar and some other, lesser figurines.

11/08/16: Dogs Trust

Dogs Trust, Whetstone. Very excited to see a new charity shop opening in Whetstone. Slightly bothered by the lack of an apostrophe in its name, though: shouldn't it be Dogs' Trust? Otherwise, it means "dogs do trust" – which, obviously, some do (and maybe if they were less trusting of humans they wouldn't need charities to protect them).