[BITList] King Kong

[Tom Gardiner]

Hi Colin ,
	You have noted John Beech's habits well . Glowering , mumbling and the titter giggle .
 You surprised me when I read where  ended up .
I thought him a permanent third . But he must have taken his ticket .
He mumbled about sitting seconds but the book only stayed open from pages one to ten .
He had never mentioned his parents or Eastbourne .
The Fleet Air Arm came up in the mess room ,
we were talking about the news where a plane had crashed near an aircraft carrier.
He said thet when that happened the aircraft fitters made a bee line to crew the boat 
which was to  get a hook on the plane .
The intention was to confound success  and prevent any enquiry .
He was very specific , and the details indicated he had been there .

My wife , Jean , recalled the incident when the chief wanted us all in his cabin .
John was late as usual and when he entered he started into Jean about my
shirts needing buttons .
He must have been out of shirts because he had grabbed the first shirt from my wardrobe .
Jean still bristles about it .

Cheers ,

Tom in Gympie