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I was once caught in a sort of similar situation in A Tesco’s in London early 70’s. The person who had purloined the stake for lunch returned it to the fridge as we were being buckled to the managers office

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Seems Tesco's are out to get us! If you can't purloin a sirloin in the 70's, when bloody can you

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Loved this two-parter

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Thanks mate! You'll be pleased to hear there's still the final third of the parter to go

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Oh cool! Without spoiling in the comments, I thought the final sentence was the end of the story haha.

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That's great to hear! I was trying to make them work as individual-enough parts. It's such a nice thought knowing someone is looking forward to the next part

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"Channelling the humouslessness of my situation into matching the humourlessness of his expression."

That's poetry, my child. Poetry.

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haha thank you father, thank you

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