This little piggy ...

Do you still have a piggy bank - somewhere to stash spare change until finally there's enough to buy a litre of milk or petrol or take to the bank to have them safeguard it for you? And if you do, what shape is it? The traditional pig shape? The same pig shape that some London banks, Halifax and NatWest, have stopped giving to children and have stopped using in their advertisements - lest it offend Muslims. The report I read in the Daily Telegraph didn't say what shapes the banks were giving out instead. Of cause if the kids in London are anything like my nephew Mark they'll be making their own. One of Mark's best, designed to ensure he didn't dip into his car fund was a welded metal pipe. This seemed much more fit for purpose than the jar with the top sealed on with wax so he could easily see if anyone had been tampering with it.