What is the world coming to?
Huh?
I see Time magazine has made Trump their Person of the Year!
Huh?
TIME! Trump is their Person of the Year! Time!
Huh! He should be doing… time!
The world’s going mad. Did you see that story where a trainee lawyer got a load of people to buy her drink the other night…?
Is that that unusual?
She was hitting the town, so she got strangers to buy her drinks…
Has been known to happen…
But you don’t understand! She did it by Twitter, or X as Musk insists on calling it…
Well, he does own it…
Anyways, this trainee lawyer, she goes on X, and gives her Revolut details out, basically inviting strangers to buy her drinks!
Wow! I hadn’t heard that! Mad world indeed!
(They pause to jointly panic over the fact that neither of them have bought Christmas presents yet)
To more important matters… you were to update me on your chat with the Editor?
What a fiasco! Basically, he muttered a half-hearted apology for leaving our column out…
…. two weeks in a row!
I know! He said he was under pressure because of those election podcasts, and extra pages in the paper, and that Christmas magazine…
… and Leeds losing a game there a week or two ago?
Yeah! Between one thing and another, he had “with great regret” left our column out…
… two weeks in a row…
Yes, two weeks in a row! He wouldn’t even admit he had binned or censored it, just said it had been ‘unreleased’…!
So what’s the state of play now?
Oh he says this column will definitely be published, and that all is well again!
Did you seek compensation? A barter account for 2025? A company car that we could share? Concert tickets? I hear Oasis are coming…
I mentioned ALL of that! Like we agreed, I told him you and I are motivated by the three ps…
People, principles, and perks?
Exactly!
And?
He just laughed! He really knows how to wind me up, that guy! His parting words were… ‘Tell your pal your column will be published this week… and that it’s safe… for this year!’
Hilarious!
(They pause to admire some shop windows in Roscommon town, before popping in for a pint)
If you ask me, we should threaten to quit… maybe Time magazine would take us on as columnists?
We’ll hold tight for now, and have serious talks with him in the New Year.
No perks? I give up on him! Are you listening to me?
Sorry, I was just sending the Editor my Revolut details… the least he can do is tend to our bruised egos by buying us a few pints!
