Captain Moonlight: Snookered White
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Well, the other night, Alan was explaining to his client that he had managed to negotiate a five-figure fee with one of our leading dimensionally-challenged newspapers for an exclusive photograph of Jimmy with spade doing said community service. Jimmy was not that impressed, apparently. He wanted to know why Alan had still not found out how much an hour he would be getting for this community service.
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