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@jigjag: not sure what I posted that led to your question about Shute. (Also, don't know who Shute is, sorry!)

@malone: I'll take that 9, with gratitude for such a high score. (Being a published post, I am grateful for positive feedback.)

My parents always taught me to address men as
J. Smith Esq. (Presumably it stood for Esquire!).
Nowadays I usually write John Smith.

Malone

Yes I used to like Wimpies, waitperson service and knives and forks.

I had to laugh years ago when somebody referred to the Prime Minister as "Mrs Denis Thatcher".

ChrisE

I think I will refer to them as McD........... to avoid confusion
I don't suppose the brothers were called Ronald and Donald?

Sorry, jigjag - Richard and Maurice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s

Rossim, my father-in-law wanted and expected 'Esquire' on his mail - it always seemed daft to me and I'm glad it's wandered off into oblivion.

Jigjag, when I was listing names for the Golden Arches 'restaurant', I couldn't bring myself to include 'Maccy Ds'. I'm sure you'd never use such a chavvy term.

Of all the burger joints in the world, the only one I could tolerate was the Wimpy - mainly for the reasons you listed. Another big plus was having the food served on a plate.

In Australia apostrophes in place-names are not allowed

Ayers Rock . . Oops . . Uluru . . for example

Mens Hairdressing could be a place name

But I doubt that Pensioners Special would be

Roses are red

Violets are blue

Some poems rhyme

But this one doesn't

I've noticed that a number of people write DOES'NT.
They obviously don't understand why the apostrophe is there.

Rose's are blue
Violet's are red
I saw them on the washing line today

I've read that Daisy's are for sale.
I hope she washed them first!