(6) Knights of the Oblong Table.
THE OBLONG TABLE
Knights at Mess (Subject: Pooling of Parcels)
King Arthur (a three-parcel wallah with designs on Sir Saundontius the Good, a fourteen-parcel wallah): Gentlemen, I propose that in future all parcels are pooled in the mess. (Loud protests and uproar.)
Sir Samuel Longbow: No, I'm against that. Fancy dividing two tins of sardines amongst fourteen.
Sir Cliftus Smallkake: Well, I'll tell you this much, I shan't give mine up. One cake wouldn't feed two knights.
Sir Sulphurous Blears: Blank your blankety blank. I'm for pooling the blankety blanks, blank it.
Sir Edward le Fumeur: I've a chicken, that means a bone each.
Sir Pompous Oldass to Sir S. Blears: How many parcels have you received?
Sir Sulph. Blears: None, you blank-headed blankety blank.