Grand masticator

Peregrine's been teaching me chess. I'm not very good at it - I keep confusing the prawns with the bishops, for a start - but I am sure I will get better if my teacher is anything to go by. He said, "As the old adage goes, practice makes perfect. Do anything often enough and you will get good at it. Look at Angus, for example. After years of doing it, he's now simply brilliant at talking crap and annoying the hell out of us." He's got a point, I suppose. Angus is the king of bull.