Pervis Van Peters and David Dickinson

Croftsmen enigma Pervis Van Peters has been a long time admirer of David 'cheap chips' Dickinson's bric-a-brac knowledge, fine dress sense and cheeky bent, so much so that for some time now he has been trying to secure a personal audience with 'The Duke'.

Well, after many failed attempts, quick thinking Pervis managed to short cut the entire process last week by emailing his most pressing questions to another long time would be friend and hero, none other than Mr Terry Wogan.

'The Duke' was due to appear on Channel Five's 'The Terry and Gabby Show', and Pervis jumped at the opportunity. Wogan duly obliged and quizzed Dickinson with precision probing on Tailoring tips. Specifically, Pervis wanted David to reveal his holy grail - his famous expert knowledge of Tailor selection. Just how does one choose a tailor? As regular readers will know, Pervis has been in a state of considerable angst recently, ever since his long time Tailor Austin 'Le Burl' Burltrap 'did a runner' to Eastern Europe.

Terry posed the question, ...but alas, the true Pro David bought himself time by eating a chocolate strawberry, and then skilfully steered the question away from revealing his much prized tailor selection knowledge by instead talking about his tailor (a subtle but key difference). The master then completed the side step by providing Wogan with a set up for a classic sexual innuendo gag, which Wogan lapped up with glee. And in a split second, the moment had passed.

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