My friend Edward found it tough being a school uniform designer, especially in the early days. He’s a household name now, but back when he was struggling, the only thing that cheered him up was his pet ferret, Onyx.

It was Dee Comprehensive that really put him on the road to success. The school was inviting aspiring designers to submit their proposals for a new school uniform; a big prize for the best.

Ed thought he’d give it a go. He asked me to call round, just before the deadline. Everything was done; everything except the tie, because he just couldn’t choose which one to go with. His designs were laid out all over the floor, and Ed was staring blankly into the middle distance. How was he to choose? His future career was about to be decided. Little did we know that within six months, he was going to be hailed as the greatest designer of school uniforms that there has ever been, winning awards and plaudits for every blazer. At that moment, he was stuck.

And this is when, somehow (no-one ever owned up to leaving the cage open), from somewhere, Onyx appeared. He ran up to Edward; he ran up to me. And then he ran around on the floor, back and forth, in a perfect frenzy. Then, just as suddenly as he had started, he skidded to a halt by one of the designs, and, difficult as it is to believe, he twisted his little ferrety tail around and pointed at the paper. There was no doubting what was in that little chap’s eyes. He could see victory.

So Ed followed the sound advice of his pet, and the rest is history. Strange as it seems, I suppose you could say that Onyx picked Ed’s new Dee tie.
( vladimir, Sat 30 May 2009, 17:52, 2 replies)

Good lord!
these never fail to make me grin.
( Major Turd for tonight only, Sat 30 May 2009, 21:59, closed)

Click and click again

(blinkin the merrily misanthropic IT gremlin, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 6:26, closed)