They (1) do say that no good deed goes unpunished. I believed. I truly believed. And the munching sound you can hear is me eating my words.

Regards,

John Davies

(1) For a list of who "they" might be, try http://peopleof.oureverydaylife.com/origin-good-deed-goes-unpunished-5804.html.

Update 2017-06-11: not quite like http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/11/politics-professor-eats-book-live-air-promising-eat-words-labour/?playlist=structure%253Anews, though.