Razzamatazz - British comedy



                                   HOW THINGS BEGAN - FIRE


FOUR CAVEMEN ARE SEATED ON THE GROUND ROUND A FIRE.

OG:
Guess what lads, I've invented fire. (INDICATES THE FIRE) That's it there, see.

MOG:
Good thinking, Og. That means some of your other inventions might work now .

BOG:
Like your fireplace and your firewood.

TOG:
And your fire brigade. It'll give all those firemen down at the fire station something to do instead if sitting around all day playing cards.

OG:
That's why I invented it, Tog.

MOG:
So this fire, Og, what exactly do you do with it?

OG:
I don't know yet.

BOG:
I know what you don't do with it. You don't use it as lavatory paper.

OG:
Bog tried it out for me.

BOG:
It was hot.

TOG:
Maybe fire could be handy for warming things up then?

OG:
What does warming mean?

TOG:
Well things can be warmed up, can't they.

MOG:
Yes, and you can have warm feelings.

TOG:
Or your cockles can be warmed.

BOG:
Again.

OG:
What do you mean?

BOG:
Well I've already had mine warmed when I tested fire as lavatory paper, didn't I.

TOG:
Hey Bog, I think you've just invented the double entendre.

OG:
He can't have, because nobody's invented French yet.

MOG:
No, nobody's invented French yet.. That's why we still have Dutch polish, the Welsh Foreign Legion, Irish knickers and German letters.

BOG:
My wife bought some of them Irish knickers, they're hopeless, they' ve got no holes for the legs to go through.

TOG:
Those German letters aren't up to much either. I don't think they'll ever catch on.

MOG:
The latest ones do, they've put thorns round the rubber rim.

OG:
Look this is all very interesting but it isn't getting me any nearer to finding out a use for fire, is it. I mean if we're not careful fire is going to be another 'the wheel', because I haven't been able to find a use for the wheel yet, have I.

TOG:
If you ask me you're going to have to write that one off, Og. I mean you're in direct competition with 'the square' there, aren't you.

BOG:
Yes, the square, which was invented by Cog, the world famous squarewright.

MOG:
The man who gave us the Potter's square, the Spinning square, and squarechairs.

BOG:
Oh they're marvellous, those squarechairs. Mine's been a big help to me, what with me having no legs. It's a bit of a bind going up steep hills in them but they're brilliant when you don't want to go anywhere, when you just want to park up like.

TOG:
Hey, I think I've had an idea!

OG:
Yes, Tog?

TOG:
Well…..maybe we could join your two inventions together to make one invention?

OG:
Join fire and the wheel together?

TOG:
Yes. You could call it 'The feel'.

MOG:
No he couldn't, 'The feel' has already been invented by Flog's Massage Parlour.

OG:
Right. I suppose I could give it a try though. I'll put the wheel on the fire and see what happens.

OG THROWS A WHEEL ON THE FIRE.IT QUICKLY STARTS TO BURN.

BOG:
It's burning!

A SPARK FROM THE FIRE SETS OG'S GRASS HUT ALIGHT AND IT QUICKLY GOES UP IN FLAMES.

TOG:
Looks like you've invented setting fire to property, Og.

BOG:
Yes, and I think I've got a name for Og's invention. Inspired by me trying fire out ass lavatory paper.

OG:
What's that then?

BOG:
Arson.
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