‘Awww lads! Don’t be like that!! I was only messing!!’ 

‘So sorry I’m late….you wouldn’t believe what happened.’

‘I mean it’s up to you, Brian, but you couldn’t pay me a million dollars to go back out there.’

Some myths are made up. Wind ups. Excuses that have gone too far. Attempts to impress or scare. Made up in front of fires, surrounded by eager eyes…around tables fenced with laughter…on watch….watching the factory clock….piping icy breath in the darkness.