He's just popped into the office on the way home. After that, he washed 70 or 80 of them and then cleaned out the kettle, which involves climbing through a little door and shovelling out the spent hops. Now that's glamorous….
Mike has either been in UK for too long or is really an Englishman in disguise.
He is watching a rerun of Strictly Come Dancing with Paula and guessing the scores (perfectly). Steffen, Detlef and I are drinking in the adjacent room….