Saving a life must be rather satisfying not least when it is your own.
In Thursday’s Courier you will be able to meet the Fifer who did just that.
The pensioner had originally taken a first aid course because his wife was a good cook and he wanted to ensure he could save her if she had an attack (I’m not making this up the cheeky devil).
Any road up, the course did indeed turn out to be a life saver, albeit not in the way he had envisaged.
While you are enjoying the opportunity to meet some really quite exceptional people I suspect you will enjoy your encounter with Ghanain man Joseph Nii Tettey Ashong.
Ghana should watch out for me, he suggests.
Why?
Well, it’s because he will “be the best at everything”.
Bold words for sure.
And where is this African fellow going to become the best?
Why, Dundee of course.
Mr Ashong is heading to the City of Discovery after winning an Apprentice style contest broadcast across West Africa.
His prize, worth a mind-boggling (if your mind is relatively easily boggled) £30,000, includes a return ticket to Scotland, a full postgraduate course, living expenses and a lifelong supply of pehs (one of the aforementioned is not strictly true).
Read the full story in Thursday’s high-brow yet accessible-to-all Courier.
Do you eat your greens?
What about your fruit?
Please excuse my impertinence, but the simple fact is lots of people aren’t consuming their five-a-day.
And among those that do, some are including the likes of pasta, cheese and cereal in the total.
Extraordinary stuff.
Boffins even found one person who claimed Turkish Delight as one of their five-a-day. It really is quite literally madness gone mad.
Moving on from madness (though not very far, one may be tempted to argue) and our political editor Kieran Andrews had another busy day at the coalface (no idea why, we told him to go to Holyrood).
Anyway, he eventually understood the message and hot-footed it to the Scottish Parliament, where there was controversy galore.
Alex Salmond (whom, I’m sure you will recall, is the outgoing first minister) believes Scotland will be independent within his lifetime.
Lots of other interesting stuff too.
Hungry for news? Thursday’s thirst-quenching Courier is for you (I appreciate I suggested you are more hungry then thirsty. I do hope, however, you catch my drift). Please do snap up your copy. Failing that why not try our equally fulfilling digital edition?