Maenwhile…
…at Coopers of Stortford.
Dave Stevens and Paul
Robinson, the senior guys at Coopers, are in the photographic studio, preparing
for the publication of the Coopers catalogue, late summer 2013 edition. On the
bench in front of them is what looks like a sandwich toaster, with two pie-dish
shaped depressions in the bottom section, and crinkly pie-lid shapes cut into
the lid. In the background Daphne, wearing her green chalk-stripe apron makes
pastry while preparing chicken and mushrooms for the filling.
DAVE: What’s this then, Paul?
PAUL: The Perfect Pie Maker. ‘Makes two largish individual
pies’, it says here. Daph’s just finishing the samples for David Bailey here to
get some snaps of.
DAVE: Did you say ‘largish’?
PAUL: That’s right mate, just line with pastry, leave it to
do its stuff for fifteen minutes…
DAVE: Have you seen this, mate? [He shows PAUL a photo of Rich’s away game pie].
PAUL: Oh my god…
DAVE: Yeah…
PAUL: What’re we going to do?
DAVE: I think we’re going to need a bigger Perfect Pie
Maker.
Bigger is better
At the rugby yesterday, Kiz and DLL didn’t have mobile
signals. That left H, who did, and she kindly got me the Arsenal score. Then
she produced an iPad. “get me the score on that H” I said. Either Kiz or DLL or
both looked at me as if that were a strange request. “It’ll still be 3-1” they
said. “I know, but it’ll be bigger.” Askance. That’s how they looked at me.
Askance.
Harlequins v Glasgow Warriors
Thanks Kiz. A brilliant game of rugby. Intense for a pre-season
friendly. Punching up (two separate and simultaneous scraps as well) within the
first couple of minutes. Feisty, competitive, close (in the end, with Glasgow having a much
better second half), and at least the game went ahead in the rain, which ruled
out any play on the fourth day at the Oval. We had fantastic seats, too, right
on the halfway line over the players’ tunnel looking down onto the benches. A
fantastic afternoon. There’s something about live sport that’s so compelling.
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