AAGH!

- WHAT TIME WAS THAT?
- ABOUT QUARTER TO 11.

NO, BUT THIS COULD BE A COMPACT SWISS CHALET.

# IT'S NINE AND A HALF THOUSAND POUNDS #

# BAD DREAMS IN THE NIGHT

I REMEMBER SEEING THE REFLECTION IN HIS EYES
JUST BEFORE I HIT IT. IT WAS TOO LATE, OF COURSE.

- WHAT A FUNNY STORY.
- ALAN'S FUNNY STORIES!

SORRY. I SHOULDN'T TOUCH MEMBERS OF STAFF

- I'VE GOT WOOD THERE.
- THAT'S MDF. OH, YOU'RE MAKING A JOKE.

MICHAEL DID SOMETHING SIMILAR LAST NIGHT
AND HE'S VERY HAPPY.

SO I'M AFRAID CONSUMER RIGHTS NO LONGER APPLY.

I WONDER WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE.

THE FERRARI
OF THE COAL-EFFECT GAS FIREPLACE INDUSTRY.

- POP THE STRAITJACKETS ON THEM?
- WHAT?

YOU COULD END SOME OF YOUR CHAPTERS WITH,
"NEEDLES TO SAY...

- IT'S PIET MORANT FROM DANTE FIRES.
- HE CAN'T SEE ME.

IF SHE COMES OUT COLD ON THE OUTSIDE
BUT HOT IN THE MIDDLE, SHE'S A WITCH.

BECAUSE GIN AND TONIC AND BAILEYS
ARE LIKE A LADY'S DRINK, LAGER'S A BOYS' DRINK?