Peter Dutton, Warren Mundine and Don Draper in a brainstorming meeting (Image: Private Media)
INT. STERLING COOPER BOARDROOM – DAY.
ROGER STERLING and PETE CAMPBELL sit across from PETER DUTTON and NYUNGGAI WARREN MUNDINE at the far end of a long meeting table. DUTTON looks at his watch.
ROGER
I met Farnham once at the John Hardy Christmas do. Took a swing at me just because I kept heckling him to sing "Flame Trees"...
PETE
[Nervously eyeing ROGER and DUTTON]
"Flame Trees" is Jimmy Barnes...
ROGER
[Downing martini, glancing at the clock]
What’s the difference?
MUNDINE
[Clears his throat]
Look, is he coming or—
DON DRAPER strides into the room, looking as if he has just seen the face of God reflected at him in the toilet bowl.
Patrick Marlborough (they/them) is a writer and comedian from Fremantle, Western Australia. Their work has previously been published in Vice, The Saturday Paper and The Guardian.
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