I had a chat with Ted last night. Well - 'a chat' may be stretching reality a little bit because he is now so deaf that it's pretty much a one-way conversation. Beryl explains to him who you are before she hands him the phone, then you shout 'Hello', then you just listen to him rant about whatever is pissing him off about the world for about ten minutes, then he hands the phone back to Beryl, who fills you in on any important stuff. It's not great interaction, but I do feel as if I serve a purpose by giving him an outlet for his ire, and giving his family a break from it, because I think Beryl hits a point most days where she'd like to clobber his head with a saucepan.
Last night, he was recapping the World Snooker Championships which finished on Monday. He started by saying it was shit and the worst sporting event ever, then proceeded to give me his thoughts on everything that happened over the two-week period it was running, most of which sounded quite exciting, and most of which he had already said to me in previous conversations last week.
In case you were wondering, his main arguments were that Mark Selby should be banned because 'watching him play is like watching a slug slowly crawl up a window', Ronnie O'Sullivan should be banned because 'he just gives up, and he's wasted his talent' and that anyone who isn't dressed in a suit and tie should not be allowed in the audience.
RC 7-5-23
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