Wednesday 23 November 2016

Jam Before Yesterday


'Jam?'
'Yes.'
'As in…Jam?'
'The same, Pooh.'
'So these are folk who are now having a tough time?'
'There's no now about it, Owl says.  It's been a while since they weren't.'
'So…jam before yesterday, then?'
'Long before some yesterday or other.'
'What does it mean?'
'What?'
'Calling them Jam?'
'Owl asked Tigger.'
'Oh…I wish I hadn't--'
'--who took a deep breath and said it means Just-About-Managing-To-Resist-The-Impulse-To-Seek-Out-The-Smug-Ticketyboos-Who-Neutralise-Problems-By-Roping-Them-With-Acronyms-And-Then-Eviscerate-Them-And-Sling-Them-In-A-Skip-At-The-Back-Of-A-Reasonably-Remote-Petrol-Station.'
'Gosh!  You and Owl must have splendid lungs.'
'So kind, Pooh.'
'Have you ever thought of trying to fly?  Like him?'
'Tigger says that, out there, I could do just that any time I like.'
'Well, there's a thing.'

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