>The ever-entertaining Private Beach in Hong Kong comes up with the Most Pretentious Job Title of the Week (as well as taking me to task for the use of the word “whence”. Point taken – I should have used “whither”…!).

I was mildly convinced that I’d posted this classic Americanism, seen in Freeport,ME.

You take a sausage out of the steamer, put it on a bun and smother it with ketchup or mustard and whatever else they do – a pickle probably features prominently in the process – and then take the customer’s money.

Now, that’s the “Vending” bit out of the way.

Someone’s just going to have to explain the “Executive” bit to me…