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Agatha Christie Spoof
[Hopefully I'm not lynched off the forum for this, but on the Agatha Christie forum, there was a discussion on The Clocks, during which I spontaneously wrote a spoof of the rather dull ending to an otherwise well-plotted story. It was liked enough for me to risk posting it here:]
"But Billy had an alibi for the third murder! How did he do it?"
"Simple; Billy killed Lord Easterbrook, Jenny killed Lady Partridge, and Dr. Ffilliputenstein killed the Prime Minister to give them a solid alibi!"
"But how did you come to suspect him, Poirot?"
"Haven't you ever heard the old saying: never to trust the man with 2 f's side-by-side in his last name? The blue candle wax pointed out most clearly that he was obviously in league with the Baker Street Irregulars!"
"But the body was found in the middle of a field with virgin snow surrounding it!"
"That was the easy part. It had to be unmarked snow. Had it been marked, the case would have to start all over again!"
"I say!"
"I'm afraid your fondness for the hair of auburn has let you down again, mon ami."
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