The Continuing Adventures of The Scottish Geisha
Chapter 24, Installment 24: The Signing of Surly's Stick
The Scottish Geisha was receiving a lot of advice from TLL staff.
"Wear your sunglasses," we suggested.
"Above all, don't call any hunky, blond men you run into, 'adorable'," we urged.
"And for pity's sake, don't wear the hip hugger jeans!"
"Why not? My jeans fit exceedingly well," The Scottish Geisha pointed out calmly.
That, we figured, might be part of the problem. It turns out that TheLastLaugh's Shark connection, aka, 'Deep Fin', knew somebody who knew somebody who knew somebody...far enough away from him in the Shark's organization, but apparently a really nice guy, who would get Surly to sign The Scottish Geisha's hockey stick.
"He's supposed to be ever so nice," The Scottish Geisha said conversationally. "Isn't it sweet of Deep Fin to find somebody in the organization who could do this?"
We were actually uncertain why The Scottish Geisha went to such great lengths to conceal her indenity from Surly, aka, Defenseman number 22, Scott Hannan.
"Surly is starting out the 2003-2004 season," she admonished us in severe tones. "It therefore wouldn't do to...distract him."
As Surly has not seen The Scottish Geisha in skin tight hip hugger jeans, we had to agree.
"Besides, Surly won't even be there you heathens. He will be down at Logitech ice rink with all the other players at training camp."
Then why all the stealth?
"One can never be too careful," she said, waving a hand in dismissal. "Surly's concentration must never be compromised, however remote the possibility."
Of course. Why this level of concern didn't seem to apply to any of the staff who routinely operated under tight deadlines was a point we wisely decided not to make.
"After all," The Scottish Geisha continued to no one in particular. "Surly just signed his contract, and that must have been...trying for him.
Yes, we were terribly concerned as well. After all, inking a deal that must have been upwards of seven figures must have just upset him to no end.
The Scottish Geisha narrowed her brilliant green eyes in warning.
"You people have no concept of what Surly goes through," she said in clear warning tones. "He's obviously very...sensitive."
Yes, we figured as much. After all, we'd seen him sent to the penalty box a number of times. Very sensitive.
The Scottish Geisha wisely decided to ignore us. She picked up the cherished Surly stick and her trademark sunglasses.
"Do nothing," she instructed. "Until my return."
Finally. Something we knew we could do better than Surly.
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