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{{image|Sausage|jpg|A (singular) sausage, yesterday}}}}''A roadside cafe, 1983. '''Bad News''' guitarist Den approaches the counter with his tray.'' | |||
}}''A roadside cafe, 1983. '''Bad News''' guitarist Den approaches the counter with his tray.'' | |||
:'''Cashier''': Two pounds and five pence, please, love. | :'''Cashier''': Two pounds and five pence, please, love. | ||
:'''Den''': Two quid? | :'''Den''': Two quid? | ||
:'''Cashier''': That’s right, love. Two pounds and five pence. | :'''Cashier''': That’s right, love. Two pounds and five pence. | ||
:'''Den''': Two quid for one bloody sausage | :'''Den''': Two quid for one bloody sausage? | ||
:'''Cashier''': It was clearly marked, love. “Sausage, beans and chips: two pounds and five pence.” | :'''Cashier''': It was clearly marked, love. “Sausage, beans and chips: two pounds and five pence.” | ||
:'''Den''': It says “sausa''ges''” up there, not just one sausage! Look, it says “sausa''ges''”! Where’s my other sausage, then? | |||
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::—''Comic Strip Presents: The Bad News Tour (1983)'' | ::—''Comic Strip Presents: The Bad News Tour (1983)'' | ||
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{{court scene|II|iv|stares morosely at his brogues, silently cursing the wasted shoe-polish in those nasty little holes|rises briskly, causing his chair to scrape flatulently on the parquet floor. The Lord Justice raises an eyebrow. Sir Jerrold smiles thinly and rustles his briefs}} | {{court scene|II|iv|stares morosely at his brogues, silently cursing the wasted shoe-polish in those nasty little holes|rises briskly, causing his chair to scrape flatulently on the parquet floor. The Lord Justice raises an eyebrow. Sir Jerrold smiles thinly and rustles his briefs}} | ||
:'''{{jerrold}}''': M’Lud, the defendant acknowledges that it was obliged to comply with the plaintiff’s procedures — it says exactly that in clause 93.5(c)(iii)(G) of the [[indenture]], it cannot be denied — but the vital point is this: the plaintiff only had ''one'' procedure. Its operations manager, Mr Strumpet, conceded as much in cross examination this morning. So my respectful submission, | :'''{{jerrold}}''': M’Lud, the defendant acknowledges that it was obliged to comply with the plaintiff’s procedures — it says exactly that in clause 93.5(c)(iii)(G) of the [[indenture]], it cannot be denied — but the vital point is this: the plaintiff only had ''one'' procedure. Its operations manager, Mr Strumpet, conceded as much in cross examination this morning. So my respectful submission, M’Lud, is that nowhere in this contract — ''nowhere'' — does it require the defendant to comply with a ''single'' procedure. And for this authority I respectfully submit —” ''here Sir Jerrold looks about wildly at his junior, Master Contrario, who looks back at him blankly.'' “— ah, as authority for this well established principle of English, ah, law —” ''here Sir Jerrold discreetly but violently jams his heel into his junior’s shin.<br> | ||
:'''Master Contrario''': AAAARGH! ''(collapses in agony in a dead-faint on the courtroom floor.)'' | :'''Master Contrario''': AAAARGH! ''(collapses in agony in a dead-faint on the courtroom floor.)'' | ||
:'''{{jbm}}''' ''(ostensibly horrified by the scene before him)'': Well, M’Lud this is most | :'''{{jbm}}''' ''(ostensibly horrified by the scene before him)'': Well, M’Lud this is most unfortunate! My learned helper here is in some awful difficulty and I would pray brief adjournment while — | ||
:'''{{cmr}}''': While the ground swallows you up, Sir Jerrold? | :'''{{cmr}}''': While the ground swallows you up, Sir Jerrold? | ||
:'''{{jbm}}''': If it pleases M’Lud. | :'''{{jbm}}''': If it pleases M’Lud. | ||