Ding Ding

My favourite phone call for a long time: Everest mountaineer, rip-snorting raconteur and all-round top bloke Paul Deegan called my mobile just now – he'd been at the RGS talking to school kids today and was sounding a bit like a school kid himself (admittedly not unusual for the always-ebullient Paul).

P: Mate! Guess what this is! [loud noise down the phone] Ding ding! Ding ding! Ding!
Me: Er… I'm not sure. A ship's bell? (I'm not sure what possessed me to say this, but it was a lucky guess).
P: Got it in one! Which ship?
Me: Um…
P: Nimrod!

— Filed under Miscellany