Is that your professional opinion?" "Yes." "Which as usual," said Seawoll, "is as about as useful as a chocolate teapot. - Ben Aaronovitch

And having made sure my attention was focused in one direction the universe, which likes a good laugh, smacked me in the face from the other side.

“Shouldn’t I know about these things?” I said.
“The list of things you need to know about, Peter, is extraordinarily long,” said Nightingale.

“These people are not to be trusted,” I said.
“These people?”
“People with…” I looked over at the poshest person I’ve ever met and tried to think of the right word. “Entitlement,” I said. “They’re not good at keeping promises.