Dancercises

	Stephen pirouettes onto what is already becoming 
	known as "the area".


Stephen		Last year I was overweight, short of breath, flabby
		and - it grieves me to say it, however sexily I
		might contrive to do so - unhappy. Since then
		a friend introduced me to Dancercises. I won't
		tell you who the friend was, but if I drop the hint
		that it was a prominent quantity surveyor, I think
		you'll guess. He put me onto "Dancercises" and
		I must say it was the finest thing he's done in his
		otherwise futile and meaningless life. The key to
		Dancercise is the rather ingenious coupling of the
		word "Dance" to the word "circumcise". The great
		disadvantage with most forms of keep-fit is that
		they are uncomfortable, unnatural and can often
		throw too much strain on the important parts of
		your family. And, let's be utterly frank, they can
		look and sound peculiar and embarrassing if
		performed in public. Dancing, or more properly,
		Dance, is natural and expressive. Let's suppose
		I'm a prominent Quantity Surveyor and Hugh
		is Geoffrey Cavendish, a client. While I work,
		you can see that it is easy to fit in toning and
		strengthening movements.

	Goes over to where Hugh is.

		Morning Geoffrey.

	Does a little dance.

Hugh		Hello Dennis.

Stephen		Got any quantities for me to survey this morning?

Hugh		I've got a quantity that I'd love for you to survey if
		you're not too busy, Dennis.

Stephen		(Moving and jiving freely) Yes. This quantity here?

Hugh		That's the fellow.

Stephen		(Surveying it) Well, that's got that quantity
		surveyed? Any others?

Hugh		That's all for today.

Stephen		Thanks, Geoffrey. You'll let me know?

Hugh		Oh, Dennis. If there are any other quantities I
		find and I want them surveyed, you'll be the first
		to know.

Hugh		As I see it one American life
		is the same as two European
		lives, four Japanese lives, seventy
		African lives and three hundred
		Central American lives. At least
		that was at the close of business
		yesterday.