"Baldrick, where's the manuscript?"
"You mean the big papery thing tied up with string?"
"Yes, Baldrick, the manuscript...belonging to Dr Johnson."
"You mean the big baity fellow in a black cape who just left?"
"Yes, Baldrick, Doctor Johnson."
"So...you're asking where the big papery thing tied up with string belonging to the big baity fellow in a black cape who just left is?"
"Yes, Baldrick, I am. And if you don't answer, then the booted bony thing with five toes at the end of my leg will soon connect sharply with the soft dangly collection of objects in your trousers. For the last time, Baldrick, where is Doctor Johnson's manuscript?"
"On the fire."
"On the WHAT?!!"
"...The hot orangy thing below the stony mantlepiece."
- Edmund and Baldrick : Ink and Incapability