Friday Night Dinner: The New Car

Dad is very excited. He's just bought a new fax machine. The boys can't believe it. 'What's the point of using a fax machine when you've got email?' they ask. 'So you don't have to read everything off a bleeding machine' replies Dad. Jonny, who's an estate agent, has been given a company car - the uncoolest car possible. It has a giant, estate agent-themed, fake brick roof on top. Adam calls it a 'house'. Mum has put Dad on a diet - 'no chocolate, no cheese, no cakes' - for two weeks, but Dad has made the boys smuggle in food for him, which he keeps hidden in the downstairs loo. Jim pops round with his dog Wilson. He's drunk, as he's celebrating Wilson's birthday, and he's even made Wilson a birthday cake. Writer/