Farmer's Weekly

Beware the Peter Principle

“They’ve sent the wrong ones for the third time!” I told my wife in frustration, as she tore the wrappings off the parcel that had just arrived with the courier.

“How about this for a shocking job?” asked Trevor, pointing out a poor-quality panel-beating repair on his bakkie, “What’s more, the headlight doesn’t work!”

“I was promised delivery of fertiliser today,” ranted Jacob as he put down his phone,

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