I slightly reluctantly agreed, being at a looseish end at the time, to answer a few questions on the phone for a study into lifestyles and alcohol being carried out by the University of Stirling.

Having readied myself to undergo their forensic probing into my drinking habits I was not a little miffed to be eliminated when I answered "none" to their second question, viz.  "how many people aged between 16 and 65 are there in your household?"

Don't they care about the senior citizen?