Christmas Cheer - Quickdraw's a hero.
As satisfying as it is to read the tear-jerkingly beautiful bickering on here recently (which is often my fault), I still need a few minutes here and there to salve the soul. Relief came to me in the form of a yellow envelope yesterday.
Being a really mean, obnoxious bastard, I couldn't help but offer to buy Mac's (BASE813) copy of Groundrush upon hearing him declare that his situation was causing distress now that he's less liquid than he once was (a very temporary situation, I hope). It was, as usual, more of a joke than anything else even though I didn't own a copy myself (not for want of trying).
[That's an English humor thing - take someone you are genuinely fond of and reward them by being as much of a bastard to them as possible. Genius really and good for a laugh although it's probably gonna result in your throne resembling a red hot spike in the afterlife.]
Imagine my surprise when upon hearing my plight, Quickdraw comes to the rescue by releasing a carrier pidgeon containing a half eaten ham sandwich, a used condom (I think it was a condom, I guess it must have shrunk in transit) and a copy of Groundrush. But wait...there's more (cue Ron Popeil's fat "brother in law"...why does he want us to believe he's related to all those imbeciles? I'd be tying those fuckers up and hiding them under the bed if they were related to me...except for the fit chick with the big jugs in the red sweater...Ron's "daughter"...yeah right...I can guess how she earned her set of 149 various steak knives made of real german (?) steel...she obviously let Ron use the incredible new flavor injector on her. If you look closely you can still see some "flavor" hanging from her ear (what Ron lacks in chrisma he makes up for in range)...Where was I (damn good coffee...does coffee normally come in crystals?) Oh yeah...
The book had a postcard of a famously low indoor S/L jump from 'Tain't Small's Church in Blighty tucked deftly between it's perfect pages and...still more...It was signed by none other than...you guessed it...Dad & Morag (which as everyone knows is Jakey's Nom de Plume).
Now that's what I call looking after your BASE bro's. Quickdraw and I have never actually met. I have the distinct feeling however that he's the kind of guy who would pick your broken ass up and get the hell out of dodge if so required. What a cracking bloke!
I also have it on good authority that he's never jumped from the RayL (
- I just thought of that...not bad, huh? I claim credit and want royalties for it's use) Thanks Adrian. You're a good man. Some goodies will be starting the return journey tomorrow by way of a real thank you.
My faith in humanity is restored.
Chin, chin,
