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There could be only one answer to this blood-curdling question. And I was about to find out now.
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The menagerie filled into the Mayor's private office--an office that screamed (something my migrane could do without) your tax dollars used to his personal benefit--and settled down, but just before the Major could speak, I pre-emptively interrupted.
"I want to speak to the organ grinder, not the monkey," I said, realising that that was a very, very, very bad idiom to use at that point on so many different levels, not least since it could very well turn out not to be an idiom after all (and my organs had had quiet enough grinding already for one day, thank you very much). Last edited by LazyScot; 07-10-2010 at 09:54 PM. |
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The Mayor's right eyebrow climbed into what would have been his hairline, if he hadn't been completely bald. Then he began to chuckle, one of the most hideous sounds I hope never to hear again.
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"Daffy, educate Mistew Sayd on powite behaviow pwease," ordered the Mayor.
Daffy's idea of education clearly came form the school of hard knocks, I concluded after my lesson as I massaged my chin. Last edited by LazyScot; 07-10-2010 at 09:53 PM. |
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Man, that duck sure packed a punch! He musta had knuckledusters hidden in his wing feathers!
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mmmmm, I thought, as I rubbed my chin and thought, gladly, that the 3 day old beard had helped soften the blows; "that was not playing fair", I mused to the poor representative of the anatidae family (no way was I getting thoaqued for something else!).
Just then, up jumped a natterjack toad, leaving a pool of dank squalid putrid gunk on the carpet, the remnants of which were pooled and draped onto my lap; he (or she - being PC here) held in their paw (hand, foot, appendage) a key ..... |
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I carefully palmed the slimy key, trying not to visibly retch at the smell of the toad's secretions. Seemingly, Fudd had not noticed the toad's perfidy.
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This might have been due to Ugarte's fortunately timed interruption.
"I am sure we can resolve the current, ummm, situation without resorting to further unfortunate unpleasantnesses since we have a common interest in a certain set of photographs for which a mutually benefical exchange can be arranged," said Ugarte the one-eared cat despite the razor-sharp stares from the Mayor. |
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Finally ... we were getting down to business. The kind of business I understood -- wheeling and dealing and lying for profit!
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On the other hand, the twists and turns in this joint and case would upset a rattlesnake in a maze.
"Photographs ? - which ones would they be?" |
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"You are too modest, Mister Sayd;" explained Ugarte and it was my turn to provide the razor-sharp stares, "we are referring to the set you were briefly examining back in Alice's establishment and in wihch I expressed a degree of interest."
"You have them on you; excewwent," said the Mayor. |
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Just then the door burst open and another character joined the cast. "Ehhhh, what's up doc?" was all I heard before the Mayor went as white as a ghost.
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"Daffy, deck Mr Sayd -- Bugs, I have youw photogwaphs," said the ashen faced Mayor.
I rolled with the punch from Daffy and hit the deck as if I was out cold and lay there motionless as he searched my pockets for the photographs, which to my amazement he didn't find as they were no longer there, and as he didn't find the toad (for reasons beyond me). |
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"So, Fudd, still another lie, Eh?" snarled Bugs. "I haven't trusted you since I found out that you were the one who framed Roger Rabbit!"
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"Perhaps I may be of assitance in resolving this problem as, since Mister Sayd had the photos whilst he was at Alice's drinking establishment, he must have left them there, so a short trip and some gentle impositions are sure to elicit the photographs or their location," suggested Ugarte as my mind swarmed with questions such as where the devil where my copies of the photos, what did the bunny have on the Mayor, where did the apparently forgotten ape fit into all of this and how the heck was I going to get out of this.
"Excewwent; Daffy, deck Wouie the Wwama before I have to say his name again, and dispose of his and Mistew Sayd's bodies whiwst Ugawte wetwieves the photgwaphs fwom Awice -- wiww that pwove my twustwowthiness to you, Mistew Bunny?" |
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