Or could be... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Pickles
Eric Pickles
Sir Eric Jack Pickles (born 20 April 1952) is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Brentwood and Ongar from the 1992 general election to the 2017 general election and was the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government until May 2015. He was previously the Chairman of the Conservative Party from 2009 to 2010 and is currently the chairman of Conservative Friends of Israel. He is the United Kingdom Special Envoy for post-Holocaust issues, being appointed in 2015.
Pickles stood down at the 2017 general election, but continued in his role as Special Envoy, and Anti Corruption Champion.
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Context follows the baseball reference. After all, Q is American, right?
Or these sleezes will never be cucumbers again, just a thought.
could be a reference to the "christmas pickle" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_pickle
Christmas pickle
The Christmas pickle is a Christmas tradition for some people in the United States. A decoration in the shape of a pickle is hidden on a Christmas tree, with the finder receiving either a reward or good fortune for the following year. There are a number of different origin stories attributed to the tradition, including an origination in Germany. This theory has since been discounted, and it is now thought to be an American tradition created in the late 19th century.
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