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.
Cupboard under the stairs. Corkscrew is in the... ...left-modt drawyer in the kitchen. Mind the overhead cupboard, I still haven't got around to getting rid of the demon infestation and they get nippy in the cold weather.
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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)
Date: 2011-10-15 07:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-15 07:42 pm (UTC)Still, I suppose a single glass wouldn't do too much harm...
Where's the bottle, Peter?
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Date: 2011-10-15 07:51 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-15 07:55 pm (UTC)*Leaves to sort out wine*
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Date: 2011-10-15 08:02 pm (UTC)*finishes tidying up*
*smirks at the bottles on the shelf*
*switches off the lights and heads upstairs*
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Date: 2011-10-15 08:08 pm (UTC)Ah, there you are; I was about to call but now there's no need.
*Hands over a glass*
There you go.
*Takes a sip of own glass*
Aaaahhhh... I'd almost managed to forget how good your wine was.
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Date: 2011-10-15 08:22 pm (UTC)Anything would be, compared to the effluent you're prepared to swig.
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Date: 2011-10-15 08:28 pm (UTC)I freely admit I am not a connoisseur of fine wines, Peter. It also doesn't help that it has been far too long since I've partaken of such beverages.
*takes another big sip*
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Date: 2011-10-15 08:37 pm (UTC)And whose fault is that?
*takes a sip and rolls it around his mouth, before setting the glass down and stretching out*
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Date: 2011-10-15 08:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-10-15 08:41 pm (UTC)*picks up a copy of Radio Times and flicks idly through the pages.*
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