INT. LIBRARY. DAY.
WOMAN approaches LIBRARIAN.
WOMAN:May I borrow this book, please?
LIBRARIAN: It's a free country, isn't it?
WOMAN: Erm; it's really a totalitarian dictatorship.
LIBRARIAN: Oh yeah. Well in that case, no, you can't (snatches book).
FIN.
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INT. KITCHEN. DAY.
MOTHER is washing up. BOY enters kitchen and approaches her.
BOY: Mumsy? Can I go outside?
MOTHER:Why not, it's a lovely day, isn't it?
BOY: No, Daddy says it's Armageddon.
The BOY looks through a window. Outside, red stormclouds and volcanic ash billow threateningly; uprooted trees fly through the air. An inflated sex doll comes hurtling through the atmosphere and thuds into the window.
MOTHER: Oh, that's right. Well in that case, no, you can't (pauses, before slapping BOY).
FIN.
