*Follows downstairs and leans against the nearest wall*
I was planning to take the boys to the match against Sunderland tomorrow so I hope whatever it is you're planning will not require a cover up operation in the near future.
It's a fair enough assumption given the current circumstances. As much as I - similar to most politicians - enjoy listening to my own voice, I would appreciate an answer. What are you planning, Peter?
Whilst your mastery of the script of Yes Minister is impressive, I am given to understand that the show is due to close soon and that they will not require any more actors to step into the role of Sir Humphrey.
*turns away and continues to fill up each bottle carefully, exactly to a mark at the base of the neck, then stoppering each one with a dark blue cork.*
*files each one away in meticulously ordered and labelled cabinet*
*wipes down all surfaces, scrubs clean all utensils*
Well, it's either continue to be here and annoy you or go home and get yelled at for being here and annoying you. And putting off the inevitable for just a little longer seemed like a good idea.
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Date: 2011-10-15 05:33 pm (UTC)I was planning to take the boys to the match against Sunderland tomorrow so I hope whatever it is you're planning will not require a cover up operation in the near future.
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Date: 2011-10-15 05:36 pm (UTC)*face quickly clears*
...of course not.
*returns to chopping a somewhat furry root*
Go home, John.
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Date: 2011-10-15 05:39 pm (UTC)I don't think that would be a good idea. What are you planning, Peter?
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Date: 2011-10-15 05:44 pm (UTC)You enquiry assumes that I am planning something. Some of us see brewing as more than just a means to an end.
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Date: 2011-10-15 05:48 pm (UTC)It's a fair enough assumption given the current circumstances. As much as I - similar to most politicians - enjoy listening to my own voice, I would appreciate an answer. What are you planning, Peter?
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Date: 2011-10-15 05:55 pm (UTC)Really, John. That tone may gain some traction in the House, but it has no place here.
*shreds a fernlike plant and sprinkles it into the mix*
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Date: 2011-10-15 05:59 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-15 06:10 pm (UTC)It is not your place to interrogate me, especially not in my own home.
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Date: 2011-10-15 06:13 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-15 06:15 pm (UTC)Rather arrogant to assume you have a right to know, isn't it?
*stirs the cauldron again*
I have already told you that it is none of your affair.
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Date: 2011-10-15 06:20 pm (UTC)How am I to know that I do not need to know what you're doing unless I know what it is and deem it so that I do not need to know?
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Date: 2011-10-15 06:26 pm (UTC)Whilst your mastery of the script of Yes Minister is impressive, I am given to understand that the show is due to close soon and that they will not require any more actors to step into the role of Sir Humphrey.
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Date: 2011-10-15 06:34 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-15 06:37 pm (UTC)*sniffs the mixture gingerly*
*begins to line up bottles on the desk*
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Date: 2011-10-15 06:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-15 07:01 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-15 07:02 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-15 07:05 pm (UTC)Nothing that will require your intervention.
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Date: 2011-10-15 07:07 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-15 07:10 pm (UTC)I am deeply wounded by your lack of trust, John.
*selects a small funnel and begins to pour the liquid into the first bottle*
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Date: 2011-10-15 07:14 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-15 07:25 pm (UTC)*files each one away in meticulously ordered and labelled cabinet*
*wipes down all surfaces, scrubs clean all utensils*
...
...why are you still here?
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Date: 2011-10-15 07:31 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-15 07:34 pm (UTC)In that case, you can toddle off upstairs and find something to drink.
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Date: 2011-10-15 07:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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