I stepped out of the wake yesterday (bored and all the sammiches had gone) to see a guy outside having a smoke that looked just like Eric Sykes...
ES: Where do you live...?
BM: Pissouri - lived here 14 years now...
ES: I've been here 13 years
BM: Time flies, eh...?
ES: I used to be in the army - in the signals
BM: *Thinks - blimey, I've finally met one that wan't in 'Special Forces' and can't talk about it!*
ES: Yes, I set up the BFBS network in Cyprus - they only had it in Cologne then you know...?
BM: How very interesting...
ES: I only go back to the UK to see my father - he is 94... well, my step-father actually, my father was killed in Germany in 1944 when I was seven months old...
BM: oh.... I never go back to the UK if I can avoid it...
ES: I've been here 13 years now... I used to be in the Army, in the signals like... I set up the BFBS network in Cyprus cos they only had it in Cologne at the time...
BM: Oh...
ES: I only go back to the UK to visit my father - he is 94! Well, my step-father actually... My father was killed in.... um.... that place...
Germany! When is was 7 months old in 1944...
BM: Okay...
ES: Where do you live then...?
BM: Um.... still in Pissouri...
BM: Been here 14 years now - time really flies....
ES: I've been here 13 years now... I used to be in the Army, in the signals like... I set up the BFBS network in Cyprus cos they only had it in Cologne at the time...
BM: Right... Do you ever go back to the UK then...?
ES: I only go back to the UK to visit my father - he is 94! Well, my step-father actually... My father was killed in.... oh, I don't like to talk about it... Terrible! I was only 7 months old in 1944...
BM: * checks watch *
ES: Where do you live then...?
BM: Um.... still in Pissouri... 14 years now - never go back to the UK if I can help it...
ES: I've been here 13 years now... I used to be in the Army, in the signals like... I set up the BFBS network in Cyprus cos they only had it in Cologne at the time...
BM: I just need to go and move my car... *exits stage left*
WTF???