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The Bedsitting Room

Page 7

by Spike Milligan


  Diplomatic bag with document, yellow and black seal on, chained to wrist.

  Bath chair with handle running out of back centrally, on handle a steering wheel.

  Iron mangle with handle and practical.

  Never-ending sock to go through mangle.

  Yacht to appear out of coffin through hole, on stick and with yellow flag.

  Hot-water bottle, red rubber.

  Portable door, with blackboard panel for writing on. Design with D. Jones.

  Suitcases and brown-paper bags.

  Large pair black scissors.

  Baby’s rattle. Blue.

  Ship’s telegraph and with sound.

  Moses basket.

  Magnifying glass, 4 in across.

  Chicken. Real

  Carving set.

  Lantern, council type with red for danger. Batteried on switch.

  Noses false with moustaches.

  Head mask to give the impression another person is on the TV screen.

  Heavy knife.

  Washing blanket.

  Prow of ship to be fitted round S. Milligan’s waist.

  Eye patch.

  Coffin with hinge lid, deep.

  Holes in lid for yacht already mentioned, hole in side for balloons, space for bailer and container of water. To hold a TV aerial and whole thing painted black.

  Fob watch on 6 pt of chain.

  Fly swatter, plastic and red and yellow.

  Cigar box, with plastic coloured clothes pegs.

  Ring setting for ‘bread stone’.

  Notebook and pencil.

  Visiting cards.

  Sign, reading ‘Refined room to let’, to fit portable window pane.

  Chocolate gold-wrapped pennies.

  Doctor’s reflex hammer.

  Brick for Fortnum, to be inside coat in pocket and easy to drop out.

  Glove on never-ending sleeve for Fortnum, grey, to run into pocket inside coat having travelled through armhole.

  EOF

 

 

 


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