Trevor could always trump what you were saying.
‘Serious accident on the Mumbles Road,’ a fellow said. ‘They sent an ambulance.’
‘Two,’ said Trevor. ‘The second came straight after. Multiple injuries, see.’
‘There was a police car there as well,’ the fellow said.
‘And a helicopter,’ Trevor added. ‘Carnage, deaths, blood.’
Another time a woman said she’d seen a naval boat in the bay. The Royal Navy in Swansea Bay? What were they doing: shopping at Sainsburys in the Marina? Then Trevor announced:
‘Escorted by a submarine. Top secret, apparently. Came to the surface for a moment. Spotted it at once, I did.’
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