i checked the mid-week european results , i checked the current english league table , i briefly perused the text devoted to what had actually happened in yesterday 's games , and then i leaned backmetaphorically so , given the chair i was sitting inand i lit up a cigarette ( please do n't say it , you would bore me and while were about it , allow me to tell you i have plenty of other defects as well ) and picked up the nutcase 's visiting card .