“It had been a hell of a day with Chummy sending me on a wild goose chase all over the Pennines. But unlike a goose, which is a large bird of the waterfowl variety, I had an important match against Birkpool to prepare for.
I returned to the ground disappointed but in no way defeated. Defeat isn’t even a word I know the meaning of. Not literally of course. It’s a verb meaning to lose a battle or contest. But I’d played at the very top level at Mulcaster and you don’t do that unless you are a strong character with resilience and powerful leg muscles.
I found Sir Laurence waiting for me in his office supping on a warm brandy. He was wearing a tie pin, marking him out as an absolute model of class and sophistication, and I’m not even someone who is easily impressed by such things.
I filled him in on what I’d been up to and he looked at me wisely with his wise face.
“Steve, have you noticed that the tasks Chummy is setting you are like an incredibly tedious rip-off of the ones set by Jeremy Aluminums for Bruce Wallis in the film Die Difficult 3?”
I paused for several moments and thought about this. “You’re right sir! Someone is playing silly beggars!” This was a saying meaning someone was acting like an insane homeless person, but I knew Sir Laurence wouldn’t need me to explain. He was smart like that.
“There’s only one thing for it,” I added. “I’ll have to rent that film from chartbusters and then spend quite some time mentally re-capping the entire plot in quite a wordy fashion!””
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11/29/19