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Sunday 13th October 2024 7:56pm
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TWO ELDERLY MEN AT A BUS STOP
BOB: How do, Jim.
JIM: All right there, Bob, lad.
BOB: Y'know what? We've been getting the same bus into town every morning, for ten years now.
JIM: Well, it's a nice quiet life, isn't it. Trundle into town, trundle back home again.
BOB: But after all these years, I don't know anything about you. Except for your name, age, and the fact that you once killed a man, mutilated the corpse, and buried the remains under the patio. You're like a closed book, Jim.
JIM: Well then, Bob, this might surprise you. I've always liked dancing.
BOB: Dancing?! At our age? What a waste of movements. How long have you been into that, then?
JIM: Well, I learnt how to dance years ago, from one of the best. I'm bad! Shamone! That's right, the great M.J. himself.
BOB: Wow! Michael Jackson?
JIM: No. Martin Jarvis, the actor.
BOB: Oh right. He said "I'm bad" and "shamone", did he?
JIM NODS
BOB: What sort of dance do you like doing, then?
JIM: Well, obviously I'm partial to a ballroom rumba.
BOB: I'm not surprised, with those trousers.
JIM: And then there's that one where you do something with a hanky and a stick.
BOB: Well, I can tell you're an expert.
JIM: I'm just passionate about dancing, Bob. It's like a calling. It's a lot like being a doctor, or a priest - except completely different in every way, shape and form.
BOB: Well, here comes the bus.
JIM: Oh yes. Late again. By the way, I'm probably going to confess to that murder I did.
BOB: Oh, well, it's probably for the best. Be a weight off your mind.
JIM: Yeah. Of course, I'll have to tell the police that you knew about it, so you'll probably be arrested as well, and we'll both end up rotting in prison for the last few years we have left.
BOB: Well, it'll be nice to have a change of scenery.