– I’ve been thinking about becoming a revolutionary.
– I am taken aback.
– I apologise on my own behalf for the inconvenience.
– How long have you been doing this thinking about?
– Wait. Let me do the mental arithmetic.
– Of course. I prize accuracy.
– 52 years, 3 months and 19 days.
– That certainly appears to have all the hallmarks of accuracy.
– I can’t pin it down more precisely than that. I can’t do the hours.
– Do you think you might see the thing through, and actually revolt?
– I don’t know. I like the idea but . . .
– It’d be a bit of a faff.
– You are almost certainly right.
– Indeed.
– Nice idea, though.
– Yes. Nice idea.
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Martin Stannard
Picture Rupert Loydell
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