British Comedy Guide

A meaty problem.

Brian and Laura are in bed. Brian is looking closely at his feet.

Brian : Why do toes look like sausages?

Laura : They don't.

Brian : Yeah they do. Look, just ignore the nails and the athletes' foot and I could have five prime pork sausages on the end of my feet.

Laura : Brian we have to talk about this problem of yours.

Brian: Problem?

Laura: The way you see meat products everywhere on your body! Last week you were convinced that your left ear was a lamb chop.

Brian looks glum.

Laura: That mint sauce stained the new pillow cases for f**ks sake.

Brian: But you can't have lamb without mint sauce.

Laura: And what about the time you thought there was a Chicken Kiev growing out of your groin.

Brian: It really looked like one.

Laura: It was a hernia, Brian. You were in hospital the best part of a week. You kept asking if it was straight garlic or if it had ham and cheese in it. It needs to stop.

Brian looks crestfallen.
Laura: If it doesn't stop I'm leaving you. Walking out the door.

Brian: I'll try.

Laura: Good.

Pause as they lie in bed pondering.

Laura: Ever notice how fingers look like little bananas?

Very nice but the punch is a continuation not a twist. It could work as a nicely acted character piece.

Maybe he reverses it and says "ever noticed how roast chickens look like buttocks?" or something

Yes I agree with Sooty. Well written & a lovely little sketch but maybe if Laura had said it at the end rather than Brian I think it would have been a tad better.

I enjoyed this. The twist in the ending works, but it is perhaps too gentle a punch.

Thanks for the comments all.

I haven't written anything in ages and what I did was write ten words down and then pull out 2 from a hat and forced myself to write a sketch with the two words in the first two lines. The words were toes and sausages.

Agree that the punch needs to be more of a punch. I quite like Soots idea actually.

Like it it's a nice idea. Maybe a sexual innuendo ending? OR/PLUS "Sorry the meat's in the chiller tonight Brian."

I also enjoyed it bigfella and I also agree with Timbo - a stronger punch is in order. You've made plenty of room for a good'un.

Cheers
Craig

Nicely written and very enjoyable. Definitley worth another draft.

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