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^53. Literally ‘among the rabbits’, but I’m not sure where the quote came from, nor who he was paraphrasing.

Car & Custody

^54. I am to this day confused as to why Harvey didn’t speak to Lugless in Rabbity. Either he was speaking for my benefit or Lugless wasn’t considered rabbit enough to be treated as such. There may have been another reason. I will never know.

The Art of the Deal

^55. It felt like half an hour but was probably less than a minute.

Bouncing with Constance

^56. Rabbits routinely avoided single-use plastics. Knowing that rabbits adored their tea cakes, Tunnock’s – in an inspired move – shipped their goods to rabbits in wooden crates of two hundred.

Dinner & Deity

^57. It is still there, by the side of the road as you drive into town having left the Hume Highway from the Canberra direction.

Cordiality Collapse

^58. It’s a popular brand of real ale. Still available, I believe.

Lapin Flambé & HMP Leominster

^59. If only life were like this.

^60. The sentence for burrowing-related crime was never more than a year, but Smethwick’s manifesto promise of ‘six holes and you’re out’ rule ensured repeat offenders were banged up for life.

The Trials of Lance deBlackberry

^61. A non-legally qualified person who may assist a litigant in court. See McKenzie v. McKenzie, 1970.

Endgame

^62. In case you’re not conversant with teatime etiquette, a ‘doily’ is the round ornamental mat cakes and sandwiches are served upon.

^63. Evidence suggests he was referring to the International Criminal Court and not the International Cricket Council.