Bet on Blue
Norm Smith Medallist
Hello listeners and a good day to you wherever you happen to be. Well, it's the worst kept secret in the Sweet F.A. - With ruours of an upcoming leadership spill at Mount Buller, it seems that one player is unable to stop himself mentioning the coup again and again. In what presents as a specific case of Tourette Syndrome, the player keeps blurting the word 'coup' and making thinly veiled references to it. I caught up with him to have a chat. I'll play that interview for you now.
*Name changed to protect identity.
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BOB: Thanks for meeting with me BRAD. Lovely to have you.
BRAD: Thank-coup for having me.
BOB: I'm sorry?
BRAD: What?
BOB: I thought you... never mind. So anyway I wanted to have a chat about-
BRAD: Who said anything about a coup?
BOB: Um... I didn't say... well, anyway, how do you rate the Dees season so far?
BRAD: Well, we're traveling alright. The new crop of rookies are slotting in nicely. Picking up Fryer Tuck was obviously a big coup for the club. We're happy with where we're at but it's still early days mate. We're just taking it one coup at a time.
BOB: ... Right. And who is your favourite team-mate?
BRAD: I'd have to go with coup-ney. He really is the heart and coup of the team.
BOB: What's the feeling around the club regarding the retirement of Dees legend Smartys Power?
BRAD: Well, he'll obviously be missed at Demons H-coup. But we wish him all the best. I just sat him down and said 'Don't worry Coup, as long as your coup's happy, that's all that coup.'
BOB: ... Uh huh... And how do you rate your chances of-
BRAD: Coup.
BOB: Pardon me?
BRAD: Nothing.
BOB: Okay, I think we might actually leave it there BRAD.
BRAD: Yes, nice to coup you. Meet you! Nice to meet your coup. Don't say coup. I said coup.
BOB: ... Bye.
BRAD: Coup.
BOB: (sigh) Listen, just get it out of your system.
BRAD: No, I'm fine.
BOB: I insist.
BRAD: Coup! Bloody coup! We're not supposed to talk about the coup but there's a bloody coup happening at the Demons!
BOB: Better?
BRAD: Yeah.
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*Name changed to protect identity.
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BOB: Thanks for meeting with me BRAD. Lovely to have you.
BRAD: Thank-coup for having me.
BOB: I'm sorry?
BRAD: What?
BOB: I thought you... never mind. So anyway I wanted to have a chat about-
BRAD: Who said anything about a coup?
BOB: Um... I didn't say... well, anyway, how do you rate the Dees season so far?
BRAD: Well, we're traveling alright. The new crop of rookies are slotting in nicely. Picking up Fryer Tuck was obviously a big coup for the club. We're happy with where we're at but it's still early days mate. We're just taking it one coup at a time.
BOB: ... Right. And who is your favourite team-mate?
BRAD: I'd have to go with coup-ney. He really is the heart and coup of the team.
BOB: What's the feeling around the club regarding the retirement of Dees legend Smartys Power?
BRAD: Well, he'll obviously be missed at Demons H-coup. But we wish him all the best. I just sat him down and said 'Don't worry Coup, as long as your coup's happy, that's all that coup.'
BOB: ... Uh huh... And how do you rate your chances of-
BRAD: Coup.
BOB: Pardon me?
BRAD: Nothing.
BOB: Okay, I think we might actually leave it there BRAD.
BRAD: Yes, nice to coup you. Meet you! Nice to meet your coup. Don't say coup. I said coup.
BOB: ... Bye.
BRAD: Coup.
BOB: (sigh) Listen, just get it out of your system.
BRAD: No, I'm fine.
BOB: I insist.
BRAD: Coup! Bloody coup! We're not supposed to talk about the coup but there's a bloody coup happening at the Demons!
BOB: Better?
BRAD: Yeah.
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