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Friday, February 26, 2010

A Bulgarian boll weevil mourning its first-born

T.Aldous is in high dudgeon. He's sorting out some problems with the building contract for Cattermole Street Library. Unfortunately for him, he's been sending emails to the wrong person.

"Wesley Hancock's retired," he tells Maisie. "He told me he was retiring at the end of February, which I would have thought would be the end of this week. He must have had some days' leave left to take because the cheeky beggar left last week without telling me."


Maisie is earning all her sainthood points.

10 comments:

Madame DeFarge said...

And is the good Mr. Hancock actually retiring or just becoming one of the undead like T. Aldous?

Anonymous said...

He should take a leaf out of Wesley's book

Barlinnie said...

I nearly purchased a small winery in High Dudgeon. It was only the amount of stray dogs in the street that turned my head away at the death.

Pat said...

Are we sure that T Aldous isn't making up time he owes?
Faint hope - clutching at straws I know.

Macy said...

Been away for awhile here - has anyone started a sweepstake on the expected date of the final sighting of T Ald?

Kevin Musgrove said...

Madame deF: I think he's got more sense.

nursemyra: oh please God...

Jimmy: you're well out of it, the local mortality rate makes it look like Midsomer murders.

Pat: it was a kind thought.

Macy: yes, and I've lost £1 on it.

KAZ said...

When do we get the drama documentary?
The tale of T.Aldous should be told!

Kevin Musgrove said...

Kaz: what do you think I've been doing over 5 years and 2,400 blog posts? (-:

syncopated eyeball said...

Perhaps you could photocopy and enlarge a dictionary definition of the word 'retirement' and place it somewhere prominent because I don't think T Aldous knows the meaning of the word.

Kevin Musgrove said...

eyeball: experience tells us that the subtle approach never works with him.