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•”He&#39s so quiet, retiring and shy that he wouldn&#39t mention it.” – ScotLife&#39s Patricia Henderson on boss Alasdair Buchanan&#39s Headline Money Pensions Press Officer of the Year gong •”He uses Polyfilla to control them.” – Yorkshire Building Society press officer Tanya Mills explains how colleague David Holmes keeps his homosexual tortoises quiet.

•”I always quiver with excitement every time Money Marketing leaves a message.” – Threadneedle Asset Management director of communications Richard Eats.

•”Jesus Christ tried to be totally good and was killed for it. It&#39s the same in the mortgage market.” – PR legend John Wriglesworth.

•”Am I wearing a dress? What, now or later?” – Lansons PR Richard Winder.

•”When the head of protection at Friends Provident is pushing cigarillos, all you can do is say yes.” – Bell Pottinger PR Monina Villaroman.

Any Out of Contexts or Diary stories? Send them to Diary editor Alison Bone, email: alison.bone@centaur.co.uk or tel: 0207 943 8037

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