The Late Sir Reginald Winston – Recounting Events with Winthrop Chalmers
June 12th, 2009
Winthrop was always an exciting person, a thrilling rollercoaster ride in a sea of dullards who think nothing more than exchanging glasses of port and discussing trivial matters. I remember one time we were making a passage through India searching for the lost artefacts of Bab Nool Yony and we’d taken camp beside a small grove hidden away from the main path. Everyone had settled down for the night and despite not knowing what the exact time it was I guessed it somewhere around 1am that Winthrop started running around in his long johns. I asked why he was undertaking such a chore at such a late hour and his reasons were threefold: one, the dragonfly had told him that a lightning demon was coming to take his soul, two, several ducks were angry at him for not noticing their new upholstery and three, a scorpion had bitten him on the Rodger Dodgers. I laughed louder than the time Lady Islington accidentally inhaled her monocle. It took all the servants to hold him down. We were all very happy to learn that Winthrop hadn’t been poisoned and that removal of the venom was not required. The line of worried faces was indescribable.
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7 Comments
1. Chris | June 14th, 2009 at 12:23
Thank you for this account of events, which has left me with a vivid and harrowing mental image.
Can you describe the line of worried faces?
2. Ian "Mac Mac Mac Mac" McIver | June 14th, 2009 at 20:45
Worried, worried, worried, slightly worried, not worried at all (but that just confirms the rumours heard around the halls of Windington), worried, slightly ajar and more worried.
3. Chris | June 15th, 2009 at 18:09
So it was not, in fact, indescribable. You lied. I wonder how much more of this story is despicable fabrication?
4. Ian "Mac Mac Mac Mac" McIver | June 15th, 2009 at 22:18
You’re right, you’re so right. I mean it just doesnt make sense…
… unless you take into account the fact that it is Sir Reginald Wilson who stated that it the moment was indescribable. I however have described it as best I can from what little I know.
5. Chris | June 16th, 2009 at 14:49
Nice work. I can only applaud.
*applauds*
6. Ian Mac Mac Mac Mac McIver | June 16th, 2009 at 19:32
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
(Ian’s first personal victory)
7. Floppy Lebon | June 17th, 2009 at 07:37
Off the page! La De Da!