The sit-downs were especially dangerous to the system because they were not controlled by the regular union leadership.

According to Don, humor was synonymous with laziness. After, all, how can you have fun and still get the job done? And, even more importantly, what if the almighty Jedgar Hoover were to show up and find us laughing as we produced photos of some guy robbing a bank?

By then Kevin Pietersen may have been named as winner of two categories at the ICC Awards Night, which will receive more attention on Tuesday if, as expected, he is accompanied by Caprice, the model, who was due to arrive as his plus one today.

The ground man and I were stepping through the checklist.