A SEAT IN THE STAND
Added on: 26th Dec 2015
LANCE AND JIMMY WERE FORTUNATE
IN THAT THEY EACH HAD A SEASON TICKET
TO WATCH MANCHESTER UNITED.
HOWEVER, THEY HAD A FRIEND EDDIE
WHO WOULD GIVE IS RIGHT ARM
FOR SEASON TICKET.
THEY COULD NOT HELP NOTICING
THAT THERE WAS ALWAYS A SPARE SEAT
(L39) NEXT TO THEIRS.
ONE HALF-TIME LANCE WENT TO THE
TICKET OFFICE AND ASKED IF THEY
COULD BY BUY THE SEASON TICKET FOR
L39.
THE CLUB OFFICIAL SAID THAT
UNFORTUNATELY THE SEAT HAD BEEN SOLD.
NEVERTHELESS, WEEK AFTER WEEK
THE L39 WAS STILL EMPTY.
THEN ON BOXING DAY,
MUCH TO LANCE AND JIMMY'S AMAZEMENT
THE SEAT WAS TAKEN FOR THE
FIRST TIME THAT SEASON.
JIMMY COULD NOT RESIST ASKING
THE NEWCOMER,
'WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL SEASON'.
'DON'T ASK HE SAID,
THE WIFE BOUGHT THE SEASON TICKET
BACK LAST SUMMER, AND KEPT IT FOR A
SURPRISE CHRISTMAS PRESENT.
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