Dr D's column: A unique idea can help Mad Hatter make tea parties popular again

Dr D feels half a mind is all Mad Hatter needs.

By ET Bureau | Mar 10, 2020, 08.11 AM IST

Mad Hatter may invite the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer to the next tea party.

Dear Dr D,
Why is a raven like a writing desk? That is my question to you, but I have another. What do you think of my inviting the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer to the next tea party? I am told this is guaranteed to bring more attention and more people to the tea event than a film or a book might. Is that so? I will definitely futterwacken [since nobody reads anymore, I’ll have you know it’s what I call my dance] if yes.

My tea parties are hardly mad any longer and certainly not as fun as when Alice was around. In the virtual age of Twitter and Insta, nobody seems interested in actually coming to a real party any longer. You think this might do the job for me?

- Mad Hatter,
Wonderland

Dear Hatter,
Yes, I think so. It’s a good fit. Something about the ideology links to you anyway. And if you have half a mind to vote for that brand of politics, you don’t have to worry. Half a mind is all you need.

(The author is one of the leading doctors in the country. He values his privacy, but not of his clients).

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