'Okay' said Drew, looking at the next card on the desk. 'The next game is Party Quirks. This features Wayne as the host of a party, so could you come down and get started? The others are guests at the party, but they each have a strange quirk, which they are now reading from the cards they've been given, and Wayne has to guess what they are. So when you three are ready, I'll bring you in one at a time with my little doorbell.'

After they had read their cards, Colin, Kathy and Ryan lined up on the step opposite Drew, while Wayne looked around, rubbing his hands together. 'Okay, looks like I'm ready for my guests!'

When Drew pressed the doorbell on the desk, Wayne walked to the steps, and mimed the act of opening a door, before stepping back to admit Colin. While the words SAFETY INSPECTOR appeared on the monitors, Colin walked forward, and started looking around, left hand clenched into a fist, as if he was carrying a clipboard. Wayne closed the 'door', before joining Colin, who seemed to be examining the ceiling.

'Hi' said Wayne, cheerfully. 'Is there a problem?'

'Not if that ceiling holds' replied Colin, who shifted his attention to area in front of him. 'I see you have covers on the food, serving tongs and, is that allergy advice on those cards?'

'Can't be too careful!'

After a wave of sniggering from the audience, the doorbell rang.

'Sounds like another guest!' said Wayne. 'Okay, grab a plate and a glass, help yourself, and I'll see who that is.'

This time, Wayne opened the 'door' to Kathy, while the monitor image displayed the caption PARTY PLANNER.

'Is this the Housewarming party?' asked Kathy.

'Sure is, come on in!'

'Thank you so much' said Kathy, as she glided past Wayne like a ballerina, before looking around. 'I wish I'd brought some of my condiment cream dips! Just between us, I think all parties need something special, you know, to make the event go with a bang!'

'Oh, don't worry' said Wayne, as he closed the 'door'. 'I've got Plutonium 235 for that!'

'Plutonium! Where?' shrieked Colin, who had been checking the 'walls'.

'Lead box in the corner.' replied Wayne. 'Under the Twiglets!'

'Which means it's well away from these wonderfully decorated tables, and all this lovely food, and just like me, you've cleverly left enough space for dancing!

'What dancing?' snapped Colin, stepping towards Kathy.

'Oh, hello! I didn't realise you were here!' said Kathy cheerfully, before turning to Wayne. 'This fine gentleman and I are already acquainted, in a professional capacity.'

'Dare I ask whose?' asked Wayne. This prompted more sniggers from the audience, at which point, the doorbell rang again.

'Okay' said Wayne. 'You two get reacquainted, and help yourselves, while I fetch the next guest!'

This time, it was Ryan, who stepped forward in a polite manner. The monitor caption read HOA BOARD PRESIDENT, which prompted a sharp intake of breath from many people in the audience.

'You hear something?' asked Ryan, looking around quickly.

'Must be the wind,' said Wayne, shutting the 'door' behind Ryan. 'Anyway, welcome to the party!'

'Thank you. By the way, what's that grey stuff on the edges of your mailbox?'

'Reflective tape, so it shows up in headlights after dark.'

'Okay! Also, your grass is a bit patchy, and that builder's sign out front is very obtrusive!'

'That's getting collected first thing tomorrow!'

'Excuse me!' exclaimed Colin, marching toward Ryan, with Kathy following behind. 'Can you do something about our host, please?'

'What seems to be the problem?' asked Ryan.

'The problem.' replied Colin, 'is that he has Plutonium 235 in a residential building, and then there's this.' At this point, he mimed picking something up from one of the 'tables' 'He's serving Big Bum potato chips!

Ryan turned to Wayne, a look of surprise on his face. 'I didn't know they still made those!'

When the giggles from the audience stopped, Kathy looked towards Colin's hands. 'Why are they called Big Bum? Do your buttocks grow if you eat too many?

'No, I think it's because they're cut to look like large bottoms!' replied Colin snarkily, glancing at Kathy's lower half after he spoke.

'Okay pal,' said Wayne. 'I think it's time for you to leave, cause you're being rude. Oh, and if you do have to write a safety report on this, don't give a copy to him,' jerking a thumb towards Ryan. 'This newbuild is not part of his HOA, and I have no intention of joining!

As the cheer from the audience prompted Colin and Ryan to return to their chairs, Drew called out 'What about Kathy?'

'I don't know, maybe some kind of party planner?'

'YES!'

When Wayne and Kathy had sat down, and the applause ended, Drew shook his head, while grinning from ear to ear 'Man, that was beautiful, a thousand points for each of you. Double for Wayne for revealing two at once!'

'Thanks, man!'

'Anyway' said Drew, who was now facing the camera, 'We're going to take a break, so don't go away!'

A minute later, a disembodied voice called out 'Intermission! Recording resumes in 20 minutes!'

'Computer.' said Rutherford, please advance time index by 20 minutes.'

NOTES

The Plutonium 235 gag references Ron West's improvisation of a Nine year old genius in UK episode S02E06

The Big Bum Chips remark references John Sessions' improvisation of a Sumo Wrestler in UK episode S02E09