Observation of the day: Brits like to say thanks to each other for small favours by offering to buy the other party a beer.

Wrote that bit of code quicker? “I owe you a beer for that one!”
Pick up a sandwich for a colleague? “Thanks for that, I’ll buy you a beer tonight!”

It’s some sort of tangible Karma, and I love it. Except Karma doesn’t usually result in a beer belly…