[Panel 1]
[Nils]
Evening, Bell. Two pints.
And several more to come.
[Bell]
Tough day?
[Nils]
Someone let a JCB loose
near Telehouse. We've
been repairing the damage.
Every time they let 'em off
the lead, it's the same thing.
Cables dug up and cut, scraps
of insulation everywhere...
[Panel 2]
[Ginny]
Maybe they just get confused so
far from their natural habitat.
[Nils]
And where exactly IS the
natural habitat of the JCB?
[Panel 3]
[Ginny]
Haven't you ever heard of
the JCBs of the Serengeti?
[Nils]
Of course!
The mighty herds of diggers,
thundering majestically
across the plains...
[Bell]
Here's your pint, O Great Whi...
[Ginny]
Except when they stop to dig
up some fibre, of course.
[Panel 4]
[Nils]
It's why the phone lines never
work round those parts. That and
the locals nicking them to sell
back to the phone company.
[Ginny]
Yes, but if the JCBs
didn't eat the comms
cables they'd starve!
[Bell]
Great White Hunter on the...
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