"We-ell, the way I see it, you've got three choices," said Nobby.
"Yeah?"
"You can go and tell him you're not doing it..."
The panic in Colon's face was replaced by glazed gray terror.
"Thank you very much, Nobby," he said bitterly. "Let me know if you've got any more suggestions like that, 'cos I'll need to go and change my underwear."
"Or you could accept it and make such a screw-up of it that he takes it away from you..."
"You're doing this on purpose, Nobby!"
"Might be worth a try, Fred."
"Yeah, but the thing about screw-ups, Nobby, is that it's hard for you to be, you know, precise. You might think you're making a little screw-up and then it blows up in your face and it turns out to be in fact a big screw-up, and in those circumstances, Nobby, I'm sort of worried that what His Lordship might take away from me wouldn't just be the job. I hope I don't have to draw you a picture?"
"Good point, Fred."
"What I'm saying is, screw-ups is like...well, screw-ups is...well, the thing about screw-ups is you never know what size they're going to be."
i don't know if they will upload tonight but i can almost guarantee a viddy on either friday or saturday because i'm busy and won't be home in the evening so you're welcome 🥰
I reblogged that post about favorite driving songs, wrote Ride Like the Wind in the tags, and then I REMEMBERED Roberto Carlos' Caminhoneiro, and such offense DEMANDS satisfaction:
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Truck Driver
Every day when I get on the route / it's almost always dawn / and my love grows stronger/ because I think about her on the road / I dream of her tenderness and all the good she does to me. / Yearning then squeezes my chest / so I turn on the radio and try to find some way to chase the loneliness away. / If it is by day I go faster / and by night it's all the lampposts lighting up the darkness.
I know / that I'm running towards her / my heart beats like crazy / but I go carefully / and don't risk myself on downward slopes. / I know / all day in this highway / behind the wheel I think of her / I have already scribbled on my bumper / a heart and her name.
I have already driven through the whole of my country / like a good truck driver I have caught rain and cloudy skies. / When it rains the windshield wiper waves / comes and goes on the windshield / and to its rhythm beats my heart. / Crazy for the sweetness of her kiss / I gaze, full of longing / her portrait on the panel. / It is in the rest of her arms / that I disconnect from my weariness / and I'm fed with that honey.
I know / that I'm running towards her...
Every day when I get on the route / it's almost always dawn / and my love grows stronger / I look at the horizon and go ahead / I'm with God and I'm happy / my way I follow in peace.
I know / that I'm running towards her... x2
... her name... her name... her name... her name... her name...
Music video because it's just so delightfully 80s:
This wiggly brush is actually extremely finicky... I don’t think I’ll use it that much. Maybe one day I’ll fuck around with the settings but I cbf right now.
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