Charmion, as I remember it, it was "Why is an orange?" "Because a snake has no armpits."

Then there was his interminable, "It was a dark and stormy night in the wilds of Patagonia, and we were all sat about the camp fire. One of us who was braver than the rest turned to Antonio and said, "Antonio, tell us a story."

So Antonio began: 'It was a dark and stormy night in the wilds of Patagonia....'"

Andrew