Nobody falls for the spotless act, of course. They admire that he can pull it off, of course, would it that any of them could fake perfection that proficiently, but it’s such an obvious blinding smokescreen and, as smokescreens do, it gets all sorts of gossip projected on it, so as the months go on, watercooler talks see the Inspector act out of greed, deflection, hubris (well that’s got to factor in one way or another), blackmail inflicted and/or received, dancing around an unnamed black hole of a secret motive that only gets more lurid as the chitchat bounces back and forth. “Or maybe a man in love would be that gallant,” says mister mediocrity in a blue suit, as if his hero needed whitewashing of all things, and the rest of the office can’t help but laugh.
the always has been meme but unironic, feat. blue detective
They admire that he can pull it off, of course, would it that any of them could fake perfection that proficiently, but it’s such an obvious blinding smokescreen and, as smokescreens do, it gets all sorts of gossip projected on it, so as the months go on, watercooler talks see the Inspector act out of greed, deflection, hubris (well that’s got to factor in one way or another), blackmail inflicted and/or received, dancing around an unnamed black hole of a secret motive that only gets more lurid as the chitchat bounces back and forth.
“Or maybe a man in love would be that gallant,” says mister mediocrity in a blue suit, as if his hero needed whitewashing of all things, and the rest of the office can’t help but laugh.