Laager and Limehouse - Archive 20071230


	Archive 20071230
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		Bell
		Nils

[Panel 1]
[Nils]
So you won't be back for New Year?

[Phone]
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[textcolour DarkOrchid4]
Well, my least favourite uncle
broke his leg, and he and his
horrible family aren't showing up...

[Nils]
How'd he do that?

[Phone]
Getting into the car. He
can't drive, of course, so
they've had to stay at home.

[Panel 2]
[Nils]
Elizabeth isn't coming back
either. Something about a
dog-show and one of her aunts...

[Phone]
So you'll be
all on your
own? Oh, Nils,
I'm sorry...

[Nils]
It's ok...

[Phone]
If you're sure.... I just didn't
expect to get on with Mum this
well. We've been talking about food.

[Nils]
Great... No, Bell, I
didn't say anything.

[Panel 3]
[Phone]
And I've rung Steve and
sorted it with him.

[Nils]
Oh yeah, Steve. Did you tell
him I was going to be
alone on Christmas Day?

[Phone]
Me? Why would I?

[Nils]
It's the sort of interfering
thing you do is why.

[Phone]
Well, I suppose I might have just
mentioned... Why d'you ask?

[Panel 4]
[Nils]
He claimed he'd won a goose in a raffle
and couldn't eat it all on his own, and
made me go round and share it.

[Phone]
So what's wrong with that?

[Nils]
The phrase is stuffed AS a Christmas
goose, not stuffed BY one! Steve and
Alan and Caz and I could hardly walk.

[Phone]
So? Boxing Day's a holiday too...

[Nils]
He wouldn't let me take the
leftovers home for Camille.