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Skidmark Sid and Herbert Hives asked their neighbour, ‘Margaret with two small melons’, round to share a bath. Sid liked Margaret, Herbert liked Sid, and Margaret liked to be naked; no touching was involved. After three months Margaret inherited a million pounds from her pet greyhound, Slim Jim. They talked about what best to do with the money, and decided to open a department store. They called it ‘Skidmark, Melons and Hives’; it wasn’t a success.