Something happened.
Good news. Everyone already knows what.
I Don’t Know Yet is for that awkward period between something happening and anyone knowing what happened. Usually about five minutes. After that there’s a witness, a cousin, someone who knows the family and a bloke in the pub with surprisingly detailed information. By lunchtime the facts are settled. By tomorrow they may even be correct. Waiting seemed an option, but apparently that looks suspicious.
Something happened.
Don’t know what yet.
Give it five minutes.
Someone heard it from a neighbour who had heard it down the road.
There’s a bloke who knows a bloke who says he knows how this one goes.
By eleven there’s a reason.
By twelve someone knows who knew.
By one it’s common knowledge.
I’m a little behind the news.
Saw two people by the doorway.
One of them was on the phone.
Couldn’t hear a word they said.
Still, apparently it’s known.
Could be this.
Could be that.
Bit late now.
We’ve got the facts.
I don’t know yet.
Sorry about that.
Everybody else seems fairly sure of the facts.
I don’t know yet.
Give it a while.
There’s a bloke who knows a bloke who’s cleared it all up now.
I don’t know yet.
Nothing to add.
I realise that looks quite bad.
Someone saw a car there earlier.
Someone says it wasn’t his.
Someone’s cousin knows the family.
That’s apparently useful.
Chap behind the bar remembers something someone said last week.
Didn’t mean much at the time.
Means quite a lot since Tuesday.
Every telling gets a detail.
Every detail settles in.
Nobody remembers who said what.
Everyone remembers him.
Could be wrong.
Might be right.
Anyway…
that’s what I heard last night.
I don’t know yet.
Sorry about that.
Everybody else seems fairly sure of the facts.
I don’t know yet.
Give it a while.
There’s a bloke who knows a bloke who’s cleared it all up now.
I don’t know yet.
Nothing to add.
Still getting the hang of that.
More came out this morning.
Didn’t quite fit what we’d heard.
Nothing major.
Just the people, place, the reason and a word.
Funny thing, by lunchtime that’s what everyone had said.
Apparently we’d known that bit.
Must’ve got mixed up in my head.
Bloke who knew the bloke says that’s the story all along.
Nobody was actually wrong.
Some bits just came out wrong.
There we are.
Mystery done.
Nearly what we said at one.
I don’t know yet.
Sorry about that.
Everybody else seems fairly sure of the facts.
I don’t know yet.
Give it a while.
There’s a bloke who knows a bloke who’s cleared it all up now.
I don’t know yet.
Nothing to add.
Everybody else seems miles ahead.
I don’t know yet.
I’ll wait till we know.
Apparently we do.
Something happened.
Anyway.