.........and heard a voice coming from the speaker next to the bell button
"Hello, you have reached the home of FPPF, all our inhabitants are busy or unavailable so we are unable to answer the doorbell at this time. If you need to speak to Flyer, press the bell once, if you want to meet with Ms Flyer, press the bell twice, or you can just turn around and leave"
Now this confused CFakir who was only just getting used to the round dial telephone, let alone modern devices and technology such as mobile phones, ipods, the internet and horseless carriages. Being Taswegian meant that he had a sheltered and isolated upbringing (even colour TV was a recent innovation)
"All I wanted was some advice" he stammered at the doorbell, "Can you tell me where.........