Neddie Seagoon; re the defence of England."Build a full scale cardboard replica of England...
Anchor it off the coast of …. Then when the … have invaded it, we tow it out to sea - and pull the plug out."
The gist, with apologies, taken from 'The Goon Show', BBC radio, many years ago.
http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_s...ho_won_the_war"
Enter Bluebottle wearing doublet made from mum's old drawers;
Bluebottle, waits for audience applause... not a sausage; or strikes heroic pose, but trousers fall down and ruin effect. "Thinks...".
Little Jim; " He's fallen in the wah-taa! "