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Alan Humphries ([personal profile] amongthethorns) wrote in [community profile] thedispatch 2021-05-27 04:17 am (UTC)

[He's clicking his tongue to the roof of his mouth before giving a shrug of his shoulders before ticking his reasons off on his fingers.]

Firstly, Age has nothing to do with it, Senior Sutcliffe.
Secondly, Mister Spears must be a wee bit sauced to agree to a make-over from you.
Thirdly, Of the four of us I don't drink often so this is going to be an interesting evening.

[There's a pause as he glances at his fingers. Fourthly? Was it fourthly? Whatever, he motions with his hand dismissively.]

And Finally, since I normally make coffee at the office - even if we don't drink it now it wouldn't hurt to have the coffee pre-prepped for making since some of us; namely me, will likely be wishing they were quite deceased in the morning.

[Cue him motioning to Ronald his other hand patting Eric's knee briefly. He might be beaming like a proud parent. He also might be a teeny bit drunk.]

See? My sweet Ronnie understands me. What a good lad. Trained and mentored him properly - why I practically raised him. William leactures his work ethic. Eric takes him to pubs for drinking and flirting lessons, I reckon. I teach him everything else. Now, I get to teach him how to brew a proper coffee.

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