You get one at every meeting … A foghorn of the forum a saviour of the quorum a standing-orders-suspender an agenda-bender a pointer-of-order a white-boarder a sorry-I’m-later an inter-school debater an outgoing chairman a projector-repairman a carping complainer a total abstainer an offence-taker a coffee-maker a keeper-of-the-flamer a let’s-change-the-namer a floating voter a pass-the-silly-noter an on-a-curve-learner a move-we-adjourner a resolution-drafter a possum in the rafters a hoverer by the door a cockroach on the floor a minutes-keeper a grim reaper a sound of crows squabbling on a blasted heath a clock ticking like the slow grinding of teeth. John Carey
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