he 'd just be happy if people listened for five minutes , instead of saying , 'well done , mister stibbons , but we tried that once and it does n't work , ' or , 'we probably have n't got the funding , ' or , worst of all , 'you do n't get proper fill-in- nouns these days - remember old `` nickname '' ancient-wizard-who-died-fifty-years-ago-who- ponder-wouldn't-possibly-be-able-to-remember ?