I’m really not sure why Maru-maru is using a pair of binoculars, he could easily make do with half of one. But I guess you can get binoculars in every outdoors and camping place, and monoculars are probably only available from specialized stores due to limited demand…so perhaps he simply didn’t bother. Or he enjoys the luxury of having a second ocular in reserve.
But no matter how many oculars he used, he’ll be really happy that he did. The view he got, even if it wasn’t really in 3D, was a real balm to his liver…and, frankly, his liver desperately needed some sort of medical intervention, so even if a balm might not be the best therapy in this case, it’s definitely better than nothing. Or self-medicating with more alcohol, which would have been highly counter-productive.
But, yeah…a short-legged loaf of bread with way too short arms would obviously not be a great cricket player. On an abstract level, Maru-maru already knew that. But seeing it for himself just hits differently.
Unlike Bernd, who doesn’t hit at all.
Tomorrow’s headline: Sport coach’s liver saved at last minute!
More on Monday.
Usually monoculars, aka spyglasses, are reserved for pirates and Muslims visiting 12th Century England to fight alongside Robin Hood.