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The Fivehundredandseventyfifth
Ambisinistrous though The
Intruder AKA etc etc may be, he did not win the reputation of an Ace
second only to his friend and mentor Baron Manfred von Richthofen on
anything but genuine merit - his reflexes, ability to see a dogfight
on three different planes, and superlative aircraftsmanship were what
won him his place in the Hall of Fame; but he could not thread a
needle if his life depended on it, "and that," said Wee
Wullie Wastle to his pal Bernie Blueberg, in The Clansman that night,
"isnae
the attribute o a Costumier," and Bernie nodded, "no
even a Tailor, fer fuck sake, whae'er heard o a Maister Tailor wha
cannae thread a needle?" and Wullie sipped his heavy: "we're
no sycophants Bernie, we saw through the chancer an that's why we's
daen a the work fer tuppence a line," and Bernie sipped in
company: "his claim tae hae severe pains in his fingas that
stoaps him haudin a pair o shears an cuttin oot Harris Tweed's a load
o shite! yin dae he can, next day he's wavin cerificates frae doctors
an specialists aboot Fiberymaccaroni, Haemorrhoid Arthur Askey
testifyin tae his acute disability and intermediate cessation frae
daen owt - leavin it aw tae us Jocks in the back shoap - it's aw
obfuscation if ye aske me<" and Wullie replied, "a wee
hauf tae strengthen yer heavy?" and called to Bill Martin behind
the bar: "two wee Bells ta," and was about to speak again
to Bernie when the door to the hall at the back opened as two punters
came out for a drink and the bass thump-thump of some kind of Gaelic
Roots-Rock reached their ears – as Bernie put it: "some kind o
Teuchter-Yankee Fuckin Racket," and the two old
cutters-and-sewers cackled into their beers!
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