The Young Ones:
An Odd Day… Even for The Young Ones
Mike read the morning paper as Neil organised tea for everyone. Neil walked to the bottom of the stairs, "Rick, Vyvian tea is ready, but if you don't want it that's ok also right since you probably won't like it anyway right because we're out of sugar anyway."
The telephone rings and Neil answers it right away, "Hello… Yes Rick does live here." Then hangs up the phone.
A large explosion could be heard outside the house, "Oh no man… Heavy." Vivian steps through the open door, "Now they're going to know where we live." Vivian goes to the table and looks at the tea before throwing the cup on the floor, "Neil where's the sugar? Everybody knows you can't have tea without five tablespoons of sugar."
"Vivian." Mike said, not looking away from his paper, "Did you blow up the mailbox again?"
"Yes Mike… I had to, nobody was sending us mail."
Rick comes down the stairs and looked around.
"Hey Rick." Neil said, "A guy named Richard wanted to know if you lived here right. So I said yes you did."
Neil shuffled through the cornflakes packet and pulled out a letter the others looked stunned.
"See what I told ya Mike…" Vyvian exclaimed, "I blew up the mailbox and we're getting mail already."
"Well doesn't that put a fiver in your wallet." Mike said, "What's it say."
Rick sits down and drinks the tea. "Ohhh man, it's addressed to me." Neil said, "Wander if it's from the cornflakes. Right, yeah." He reads it, "I've won four tickets to see Woodstock just down the road." Neil has a confused look on his face, "Man I must have been meditating when I entered it."
"Oh Neil." Rick said, "I suppose you think that it's great to see all your hippy friends performing hippy songs. Now if Cliff played Woodstock that would be different. You know I love Cliff Richard."
"Poof." Vyvian said trimming his fingernails with a butcher knife.
"Oh very intelligent Vyvian." Rick said, "So since you love violence that'll make you a, a" He tried to think of a witty remark, "Mister Farty Pants. You've had enough Nazi or would you like some more." Rick gave him the up yours sign. Vyvian looked at the butcher knife and then at Rick's finger then back at the butcher knife, "Stand still. I want to see if you bleed red blood or some poofy colour." Vyvian chases Rick up the stairs.
"Whoa man." Neil said, "I might even have to wear my other trousers for Woodstock. And have to find three other people to take to Woodstock."
Mike finds himself alone in the kitchen, "If Neil was any smarter he still won't be smarter than garden gnome."
The scene cuts to the gnome in the front yard where a gnome is in the garden, "You know I don't mind being in poor gags like that. I'm with the Gnome's Acting Guild and I get paid to stand around like a gnome all day. Which reminds me of the time my mates came across two Bobbies in the park. They asked my mate's what were they doing. And they said just being gnome's. A bobby asked them if they were at school and they answered yeah they were and they took the test that made them officially smarter than the average hippy."
Rick trips over the garden gnome knocking it out of the garden and causing it to roll out on the street… A car pulls up and knocks the gnome further down the street.
Vyvian chases after Rick as a man approaches the front door and rings the bell. Mike opens the door. "Are you Mike?" The man at the door asked. "If this is about Fat Bastard and his money." Mike said, "Tell him his money is in the mail as well as the dozen tapes. If it's about the police and my finances then no I'm not Mike." "Mike it's about the stocks you invested in about five yrs ago." The man said, "They skyrocketed and I've got a cheque here for you for two hundred and fifty thousand dollars." "Yes I'm Mike." He takes the cheque and goes back inside.
"This makes me as happy as a pig in mud." Mike said.
The scene cuts to a pig in mud, "I'm not really that happy."
The scene cuts to a gnome been hit by another car and eventually lands back into the garden. Vyvian picks it up and smashes it over Rick's head. "Oh look Rick." Vivian said angrily, "You broke another gnome."
* * * Next Chapter Preview: Neil prepares for Woodstock… Mike tries to figure out what to do with his newfound fame. Rick receives an unexpected figure that Vyvian likes
An Odd Day… Even for The Young Ones
Mike read the morning paper as Neil organised tea for everyone. Neil walked to the bottom of the stairs, "Rick, Vyvian tea is ready, but if you don't want it that's ok also right since you probably won't like it anyway right because we're out of sugar anyway."
The telephone rings and Neil answers it right away, "Hello… Yes Rick does live here." Then hangs up the phone.
A large explosion could be heard outside the house, "Oh no man… Heavy." Vivian steps through the open door, "Now they're going to know where we live." Vivian goes to the table and looks at the tea before throwing the cup on the floor, "Neil where's the sugar? Everybody knows you can't have tea without five tablespoons of sugar."
"Vivian." Mike said, not looking away from his paper, "Did you blow up the mailbox again?"
"Yes Mike… I had to, nobody was sending us mail."
Rick comes down the stairs and looked around.
"Hey Rick." Neil said, "A guy named Richard wanted to know if you lived here right. So I said yes you did."
Neil shuffled through the cornflakes packet and pulled out a letter the others looked stunned.
"See what I told ya Mike…" Vyvian exclaimed, "I blew up the mailbox and we're getting mail already."
"Well doesn't that put a fiver in your wallet." Mike said, "What's it say."
Rick sits down and drinks the tea. "Ohhh man, it's addressed to me." Neil said, "Wander if it's from the cornflakes. Right, yeah." He reads it, "I've won four tickets to see Woodstock just down the road." Neil has a confused look on his face, "Man I must have been meditating when I entered it."
"Oh Neil." Rick said, "I suppose you think that it's great to see all your hippy friends performing hippy songs. Now if Cliff played Woodstock that would be different. You know I love Cliff Richard."
"Poof." Vyvian said trimming his fingernails with a butcher knife.
"Oh very intelligent Vyvian." Rick said, "So since you love violence that'll make you a, a" He tried to think of a witty remark, "Mister Farty Pants. You've had enough Nazi or would you like some more." Rick gave him the up yours sign. Vyvian looked at the butcher knife and then at Rick's finger then back at the butcher knife, "Stand still. I want to see if you bleed red blood or some poofy colour." Vyvian chases Rick up the stairs.
"Whoa man." Neil said, "I might even have to wear my other trousers for Woodstock. And have to find three other people to take to Woodstock."
Mike finds himself alone in the kitchen, "If Neil was any smarter he still won't be smarter than garden gnome."
The scene cuts to the gnome in the front yard where a gnome is in the garden, "You know I don't mind being in poor gags like that. I'm with the Gnome's Acting Guild and I get paid to stand around like a gnome all day. Which reminds me of the time my mates came across two Bobbies in the park. They asked my mate's what were they doing. And they said just being gnome's. A bobby asked them if they were at school and they answered yeah they were and they took the test that made them officially smarter than the average hippy."
Rick trips over the garden gnome knocking it out of the garden and causing it to roll out on the street… A car pulls up and knocks the gnome further down the street.
Vyvian chases after Rick as a man approaches the front door and rings the bell. Mike opens the door. "Are you Mike?" The man at the door asked. "If this is about Fat Bastard and his money." Mike said, "Tell him his money is in the mail as well as the dozen tapes. If it's about the police and my finances then no I'm not Mike." "Mike it's about the stocks you invested in about five yrs ago." The man said, "They skyrocketed and I've got a cheque here for you for two hundred and fifty thousand dollars." "Yes I'm Mike." He takes the cheque and goes back inside.
"This makes me as happy as a pig in mud." Mike said.
The scene cuts to a pig in mud, "I'm not really that happy."
The scene cuts to a gnome been hit by another car and eventually lands back into the garden. Vyvian picks it up and smashes it over Rick's head. "Oh look Rick." Vivian said angrily, "You broke another gnome."
* * * Next Chapter Preview: Neil prepares for Woodstock… Mike tries to figure out what to do with his newfound fame. Rick receives an unexpected figure that Vyvian likes