u/EldritchSanta

In *The Honourable Schoolboy*, there's a piece of jargon I wanted to check the definition of.

When Luke visits Craw in his retirement, quite near the beginning of the book, Luke ends up bumping into George Smiley, who is visiting Craw.

Craw describes Smiley as a "fireman", along with some stuff about how he's an influencial back room boy with his newspaper.

Exactly what's meant by "fireman"? I'm guessing it's something along the lines of a newspaper editor who can deal with problems as they arise? Or have I got the wrong end of the stick entirely, your graces?

Sorry if this is the wrong sub, I know it’s a really random question. I’m in my late teens rn, and when I’m older I lowkey wanna do a little side quest of being an ice cream man for a summer. Could be fun. But how would I even get into that process? Is it too expensive that it’s just not really worth thinking about? Idk. I love doing side quests like this, and in adulthood I think I’d appreciate the randomness/fun of it more. Btw I’m in England. Cheers guys 😆