Thursday, November 18, 2010

SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING MONSTER MUNCH

SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING MONSTER MUNCH

WARNING: May contain traces of fiction

"Right, you terrible gits," I say of my shamefaced colleagues, "Which one of you took my last packet of Pickled Onion Monster Munch?"

I look up and down the line of desks, each face a picture of guilt, but there is no trace of my pickled onion flavour corn-based snack featuring tasty, tasty disodium 5 ribonucleotide.

Remembering Conan Doyle's classic work Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Corn-Laden Turd, in which the master of deduction solves the most vexing of mysteries by examining the stool samples of a cross-section of London society, I resolve to sort this out by using a similar tactic.

Under threat of death, each is forced to stand and allow their benevolent boss to smell their breath. Any trace of picked onion and tasty, tasty disodium 5 ribonucleotide resulting in instant transfer to our office in the back room of a butcher shop in Smolensk, via the matter transporter which we haven't quite got working properly.

"So. Frank. Your breath smells of anchovies. Again. How many times have I warned you about eating seafood in the office."

"And Brenda. Wipe that smile from your face. Along with that dried yoghurt. The loss of my pickled onion flavour corn-based snack featuring tasty, tasty disodium 5 ribonucleotide is no laughing matter."

Having failed to nail the culprit, I resort to plan B: the Jeremy Kyle-bran DNA Testing Kit and the big net in the sewage outflow pipe.

That - my friends - is what temporary staff is for.

7 comments:

Sahara Desert said...

Are there many butchers' shops in Smolensk? Big Oleg won't like the competition you know.

Mark Whittaker said...

Hilarious

TRT said...

Jeremy Kyle does DNA testing kits for Bran?

I don't recall that Sherlock Holmes story in it's original form, but I did see Gillian McKeith's version.

Debster said...

Lets just hope there werent any raisins in that yoghurt.

The Original Moggy said...

"allow their benevolent boss to smell their..."
What a lucky line break!

Roadkill said...

funny stuff

Donna said...

Are you sure Frank's breath was anchovies?

Did Brenda have a smile on her face?