That is, the kind who lop off heads, a world away from the equally aggressive sort who hunt for job openings.
Pinder's face-to-face meeting with the headhunters took place on his summer jaunt to Papua New Guinea, where Diary can confirm that he even lost mobile phone contact with the outside world.
Here, the adventurous Pinder found real dramas erupting at every turn down untrodden paths. In a land where blood feuds provide the day's excitement, Pinder and wife Charlotte had to be airlifted out of Mendi as "rascals - slang for tribal troublemakers - were having a go at each other.
If that wasn't enough of a drama, the police had to commandeer the rescue helicopter to chase more rascals, who apparently made off with the town's only police vehicle.
That wasn't all. On what was supposedly to be a quiet sail up the river, the pair found themselves the target of death threats. Apparently, their motorised boat had tipped a family out of their canoe in its wake. Well, you sort of know the kind of reception in store for you when the welcome sign at the airport warns: "All firearms and ammunitions must be declared for correct storage in aircraft hold".
