Fazil Mahmoud

Who lives in this house?

Walking into the master bedroom, I notice the other resident of the household on the telephone which is shaped like a Conch Shell, and catch the last two words of his sentence -".... not home". Golly.

Moving on into the second bedroom, there is more cricket gears lying around, and a framed 'Guyana Youth Cricket cap' on the wall. And what is this bedside reading, 'The Complete Low Fat Diet', 'Effective Exercise', 'Keep in Shape'. Jeepers, the person living in this house must be a real health fanatic, and whats this scattered across the floor? Three empty beer bottles and the discarded wrappings of a take away Shoarma.

Lets have a look in the living room, and whats this? A photograph of the Test Match Special commentary team, with the message 'Sorry you couldn't make it for the big game - signed Brian Johnson'. Wow - this must be a very old photograph, as Brian died some years ago. And examing the phone book, we find some very exotic sounding names 'Godfrey Edwards', 'Orville Senhouse' and 'Elroy George'. Next to the phone is a scrap of paper with 'VVV - them play we next week' written on it. On the
bookshelf in this room are various books on cricket commentary, as well as 'Richie Richardson's guide to Umpiring'.

Taking a peep into the cloakroom, there is a bright yellow jacket hanging - maybe this person works on the railways? And hats this, a huge collection of baseball caps. There is a walking stick propped in the corner, and all around the house, Thistle tops arelying on the carpet.

So lets examine the evidence.

The multiple collections of single items which you would usually find in pairs.

• The healthy lifesytle.
  
• The beer and greasy food.
  
• The Guyana Youth cricket cap.
  
• The signed Test Match Special photograph.
  
• The exotically named friends.
  
• The Yellow Jacket, and baseball caps.
  
• And the Walking Stick and Thistle Tops.