It could be the generation gap - or the fact Sheldene is into nature and Griselda isn't. Add their differing opinions on who is bone idle, or possibly deranged, and it is not surprising fur and frangipani flowers fly - frequently.

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SHELDENE CHANT (left), self-appointed editor and publisher of Poignant Pearls & Potbellied Pigs, was an experienced journalist in the real world (not that Griselda believes this). She lives in hope of one day being able to afford a loyal and efficient assistant.

GRISELDA (right), secretary extraordinaire, dreams of a modelling career when, and if, she escapes from the lunatic fringe. And in the meantime she feeds dogs, paints her nails and torments the boss. Griselda's main claim to fame is her regular column, Inside Story, where she tells it like it really is - and the editor usually denies this. READ the latest issue of this ezine NOW