Wednesday, August 01, 2018

I yam wot I yam (Popeye)

This story comes from Canada, but is well worth telling.  A man bought a new car and asked for an insurance quite.  He was quoted some £2,600.  Just out of interest, he asked what the quote would have if he were a woman.  Answer £2,000. So - as you can do these days - he decided to officially identify as a woman.  Got a new birth certificate and everything, and saved himself some £600 a year.  It would be interesting to see what attitude the insurance company might take if he/she had an accident and put in a claim, but it's an interesting slant on this modern idea of gender re-identification.

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