"Distance"
(By Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson with additional material by Lise Mayer, included in the 1984 book "The Big One".)
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(Two men sit centre stage on deckchairs (facing audience) as though gazing out to sea.)
A: Brian? ... Brian? ... sorry Trevor?
B: What?
A: Do you see that boat?
B: (opening eyes) What - the green one or the blue one?
A: The turquoise one.
B: No . . . sorry, yes.
A: It's getting smaller.
B: That's because it's getting further away.
A: Exactly.
(Pause.)
B: How do you mean - `Exactly'?
A: As the boat gets further and further away it gets smaller and smaller ... eventually it'll get so small that it'll