Just Good Friends1983

[Les phones Vince's answerphone]

Les Pinner:
[pleasantly, while Rita is within earshot] Vincent. It's your father speaking.

[he waits until Rita has left the room]

Les Pinner:
[angrily] Vincent! Do you remember about six months ago you bought and sold six German tanks? "120 tons of top-quality scrap", you said. Well surprise surprise! That top-quality scrap has turned up - on the borders between Angola and Namibia! It's in the hands of rebel forces! It's seen action! It's fired on government troops! And guess who the last registered owners are - Pinner bloody Metals of Walthamstow. We are under investigation, Vincent. Now that's nothing new. But this time it is not Scotland Yard, the Inland Revenue or Customs and Excise. This time it's the United bloody Nations! Now I know I bestowed the company to you. Well I am bestowing it right back! I also know that the firm is legally yours, but my name is still on the deeds to that land. So as far as my scrap metal yards are concerned, you are out! You understand me, Vincent? O U T! Finito! Gurnished! Gone! Out!

[later, Vince listens to the answerphone]

Les Pinner:
[on answerphone playback] Vincent. It's your father speaking...

Vince Pinner:
Thank God for a friendly voice.