SwissBlade
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The date was 23rd April 2012, it was a pleasant morning in Switzerland. Swiss had just settled down to a piping hot cup of Yorkshire Gold in his favourite Blades mug. A mug which he'd had since '95 and had travelled to a great many countries and continents.
The weekend hadn't gone to plan. Ched was locked up and the Blades had lost away at MK Dons. Swiss thought that the nightmare would end there as he contemplated what to post on S24SU.com that day... oh and he was sure that there was some work to do as well.
The day passed by like any other and as he turned out the office lights that evening, following a day of reasonable graft (see minimal graft) he left his mug on his desk, like every day for the last 3 ½ years safe in the knowledge that the cleaners would wash it for him that night.
Swiss wasn’t at work the next day, choosing to work from home instead where he could summon up the missus to perform her duties when he wished and he would send the standard two emails to show he was really “working from home”
He returned to the office on the Wednesday as usual, went to the cupboard to get his cup, but it wasn’t there. No drama , thought Swiss, its happened before, but the loyal mug would return later that day. No such luck. Time went by. Still no mug.
In the following weeks, the Blades season coincidentally took a dramatic nose dive. Swiss’ work suffered. How could someone take his mug. Pleas were put out by email. Bill Gates donated millions to the safe return of the mug, posters adorned every surface in Zug, Crimewatch made an appeal, Interpol were alerted and the CIA put a bounty of $1 Billion for info. Still no mug.
Swiss moved on, fearing that his mug would never again be seen. Fearing that maybe the cleaners dropped it and discarded it like a cheap piece of tat. A new mug was needed. A specially arranged flight was booked to obtain the new mug, but air travel would be too risky for the new mug. This time the new mug would be driven from Blighty to Switzerland by Swiss himself. No chances were to be taken on this one.
In the meantime, the Blades situation has tumbled down hill. Playoff defeat, a dour summer and little to talk about
For almost 3 months the new mug has been washed by hand every evening, before being safely returned to the desk drawer at night and locked away. He wouldn’t lose two mugs to the same fate.
But this morning, at 11:02am as Swiss was settling down at his desk with his new mug, containing once again a nice piping hot Yorkshire tea, Swiss was alarmed to see his pal from HSE arrive at his desk. The HSE chap had news. But what was this news. Ladies and Gentlemen, it was the Blades mug.
We were still second when the mug went missing. The mug is back. Coincidentally just in time for the preseason tour of Malta.
Danny Wilson has been informed. The Blades are coming back.
The weekend hadn't gone to plan. Ched was locked up and the Blades had lost away at MK Dons. Swiss thought that the nightmare would end there as he contemplated what to post on S24SU.com that day... oh and he was sure that there was some work to do as well.
The day passed by like any other and as he turned out the office lights that evening, following a day of reasonable graft (see minimal graft) he left his mug on his desk, like every day for the last 3 ½ years safe in the knowledge that the cleaners would wash it for him that night.
Swiss wasn’t at work the next day, choosing to work from home instead where he could summon up the missus to perform her duties when he wished and he would send the standard two emails to show he was really “working from home”
He returned to the office on the Wednesday as usual, went to the cupboard to get his cup, but it wasn’t there. No drama , thought Swiss, its happened before, but the loyal mug would return later that day. No such luck. Time went by. Still no mug.
In the following weeks, the Blades season coincidentally took a dramatic nose dive. Swiss’ work suffered. How could someone take his mug. Pleas were put out by email. Bill Gates donated millions to the safe return of the mug, posters adorned every surface in Zug, Crimewatch made an appeal, Interpol were alerted and the CIA put a bounty of $1 Billion for info. Still no mug.
Swiss moved on, fearing that his mug would never again be seen. Fearing that maybe the cleaners dropped it and discarded it like a cheap piece of tat. A new mug was needed. A specially arranged flight was booked to obtain the new mug, but air travel would be too risky for the new mug. This time the new mug would be driven from Blighty to Switzerland by Swiss himself. No chances were to be taken on this one.
In the meantime, the Blades situation has tumbled down hill. Playoff defeat, a dour summer and little to talk about
For almost 3 months the new mug has been washed by hand every evening, before being safely returned to the desk drawer at night and locked away. He wouldn’t lose two mugs to the same fate.
But this morning, at 11:02am as Swiss was settling down at his desk with his new mug, containing once again a nice piping hot Yorkshire tea, Swiss was alarmed to see his pal from HSE arrive at his desk. The HSE chap had news. But what was this news. Ladies and Gentlemen, it was the Blades mug.
We were still second when the mug went missing. The mug is back. Coincidentally just in time for the preseason tour of Malta.
Danny Wilson has been informed. The Blades are coming back.
