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11 July 2013

Why is this diary like Ronnie Bull? Because it's short, and it's late tackling the issues.

Are you, or have you ever been a sub-editor? Are any of your friends or relatives sub-editors? It's not that Middle Aged Diary wants to start a McCarthyite witchhunt, but one wonders if they talk like the headlines they compose. Do they engage their friends with a "So, Colin, the transfer window slammed shut last night"? If they are told a team has been knocked out of a cup, do they frown for a moment, before replying: "Oh, you mean they crashed out"? And when they are awarded a pay rise, do they boast: "My pay has smashed through the £25,000 barrier" even if in fact their annual salary will only be £25,001? That last is important as season tickets have, you've guessed it, "smashed" past "the important quarter of million milestone". Whether that milestone is more than psychologically significant is not revealed.

In more explanatory mood is Rob Scott, providing an indication of thinking on current trialist defender Chris Doig (a "talker") and goalkeeper Tom Turner ("he's got to grow into himself a bit more") to the Telegraph. In yet another "credit where credit is due" moment, he is actually pretty enlightening about current thinking, although not mentioned is another central defender, Paul Bignot, who Too Good to Go Down reports is also on trial.

That's your lot. I've got an urgent appointment with the latest cricket score.