{"id":24996,"date":"2025-02-27T23:47:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T23:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/?p=24996"},"modified":"2025-02-28T00:05:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T00:05:41","slug":"the-intermission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/27\/the-intermission\/","title":{"rendered":"The Intermission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe how are you <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good mate <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have you seen The Brutalist <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few months ago yes <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Did you like it <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was the best film since The Godfather <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was that good <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have you seen it Viola <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not yet but you know the reason why <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I heard that you had found a job <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In HMV in Canterbury <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am so pleased for you <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The manager is hot <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All the better <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I know that I will leave him <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have never found romance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I will never find love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is the job like <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So so pretty boring if you want to know the truth <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But there are funny moments <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Example <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you watched The Brutalist was there an intermission <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes it was built into the movie <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was so unexpected <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That said the movie was so unexpected <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The movie has just come out on DVD and Blue Ray <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We sold out on the first day <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every fucking architect in Canterbury wanted a slice of the action <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think I know what you are going to tell me <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then you would be right <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was just about to close when this prick came in and demanded his money back <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His name was Malcolm Spencer <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I asked him if his DVD was faulty <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then why was he troubling a tired time traveller who is going to be unlucky in love once again <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Five minutes before closing time <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No fucking intermission <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was no fucking intermission <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was an intermission when the film was shown in cinemas <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I could not believe my ears <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course there was an intermission in cinemas <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A comfort break <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Time for a piss or to get some jelly beans <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Common sense <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why the fuck would you need an intermission <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the DVD in the comfort of your own home <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Use the fucking pause button <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But he would not have it and demanded a DVD with an intermission <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I left Gill in charge whilst I popped out the back <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I searched high and low <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But no intermissions were to be found <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Posters promotional literature buttered toast but no intermissions <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I told Mr Malcolm Spencer the bad news <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He demanded his money back <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And told me that he was going to write a bad review online <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was then that I saw my opportunity <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was nice nice Viola and found some more details about him <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A quickening was imminent and I would again lose love <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was not happy about that as hot managers <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do not grow on trees especially in Canterbury <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My plan was to travel back twenty-eight years <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And make friends with Malcolm&#8217;s soon to be mum <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was an unmarried mother <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who was considering a termination <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You bitch Viola but I admire you <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Never would this pain in the butt trouble good people <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just by existing and riding a bike <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Future branches of HMV would be left totally alone <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Viola what happened to the missing intermissions <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Intermissions do not just disappear <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was selling them on the quiet as I had picked up a regrettable habit <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Time travellers and H do not mix <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poor Viola <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It all ended in tears as my love was sacked<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Because of these missing intermissions <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I still cry whilst I am time travelling <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poor Viola<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I cried at the end of The Brutalist <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I know <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What possessed you Joe <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is so unlike hyper masculine you <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blackmail is a possibility <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do not worry about that Tiny Tears <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I will not tell your readers <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Promise <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe how are you Good mate Have you seen The Brutalist A few months ago yes Did you like it It was the best film since The Godfather It was that good Have you seen it Viola Not yet but you know the reason why I heard that you had found a job Yes Where 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