A parable a day keeps the Brit Nats away. Eagle eyed readers may notice that I have not included number 15. This is simply because it is the same as Number 14, but refers to my home nation of Wales as opposed to Scotland. For the sake of a one word difference - although independence for both nations is our common aim - I didnt think it worth re-uploading. (You can still find both parables in the main group anyway.) The link to all 47 stories is, as usual, at the end. Some people are reporting this link as corrupted. Can you readers confirm this or not? It works for me ... Otherwise, I will have to give the link to the main group page. Not that you need me tell you - but this story is based on the history of the SNP. (Political historians and geeks welcome to read it.) But you may also like to adapt it for the 25 August bout between Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling on the BBC. Enjoy! ________________ 16. The boxing match There’s an engrossing boxing match taking place at the moment in the Britannia Stadium. Let’s go over and see what’s happening. It’s proving to be an exciting bout with the old, experienced champion, George Britten, in the red, white and blue shorts, trying to retain his crown from the challenger, Jock Scott in the blue and white shorts. The first three or four rounds have gone the old Champion’s way. His experience seems to have outshone that of his challenger, and he has landed a number of punches to Jock Scott’s body. Under his new trainer – known for his gold and black suit, and called Nat – Scott has learnt how to trade a few blows with George Britten, but over those first few rounds, has not inflicted that much damage. Elizabeth Britten would have been proud of her boy. A little jab from Scott early on – known as the McIntyre – initially irritated the Champion, but Britten soon shrugged it off. A few rounds later however, and it can be seen that Scott was beginning to gain in confidence from the fact that Britten has not succeeded in knocking him out. A quick upper cut to the chin – Scott’s trademark ‘Ewing punch’ – comes out of nowhere and stunned the Champion. Soon, Britten was on the ropes and Scott tried to press home his advantage. The boxers were locked together and, with Scott aiming for the winning punch, the referee shouted out “Break!” and stepped in to divide them. (Scott would later complain that the referee had ordered them to break too early – he was ahead on points and about to deliver his winning punch). The longer the boxing match went on, the older Champion became more and more sluggish. He started receiving blows and cuts at the hands of his much younger Challenger and his cauliflower ear became more and more noticeable. It was then that Britten decided to change his tactics. He began to hit below Scott’s belt – a highly dubious, if not illegal boxing move. Luckily, the referee saw this and awarded the round to Scott, warning Britten that if he did it again he would be disqualified. This enraged Britten further and he started to up his illegal behaviour; behaviour which was not always visible to the referee but which had Scott’s supporters in the crowd when they saw it shouting at the inadequacies of the referee. And now you join us in the last but one round of this enthralling contest. Britten, the reigning Champion is clearly flagging, whilst his young Challenger, Scott, looks on the top of his game. You could say, he’s running rings round his older opponent. Britten’s second, Cameron, is looking increasingly anxious and may be tempted to throw in the towel at any time. And now Scott throws a heavy Salmond punch which has the Champion reeling. Britten falls to the floor, completely disorientated. He struggles to his feet, and takes the mandatory standing eight count. It looks like curtains for Britten. How long will it be before Scott delivers the knockout blow? _________ (c) Siôn Rees Williams (Welsh Admin) 2012-2014 All rights reserved ________ https://facebook/media/set/?set=a.259514867559112.1073741846.137715503072383&type=1
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 10:04:39 +0000
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