(Phone rings and is answered).
\nWriter: Hello.
\nProducer: I think your draft got mislaid in the post. Can you email it?
\nWriter: Sorry. The dog ate my proofs.
\nProducer: What kind of excuse is that? I thought you writers were supposed to be more original.
\nWriter: I\u2019ll speak to the dog.
\nProducer: Couldn\u2019t you just chase after it?
\nWriter: I have a leg injury.
\nProducer: I don\u2019t remember you having a dog anyway.
\nWriter: It\u2019s a small one. You probably didn\u2019t notice.
\nProducer: Big appetite, though. What\u2019s its name?
\nWriter: Er… Jim.
\nProducer: Er Jim?
\nWriter: Yeah, not its full name.
\nProducer: What\u2019s its full name?
\nWriter: We were never properly introduced.
\nProducer: Right. Email this afternoon?
\nWriter: I\u2019m on it.
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