I'm not sure that "The d*mned thing" is on many RMT fans' list of favorites (different thread) nor is it necessarily on mine. However, I ALWAYS get a kick out of listening to it. It's like a foot-long inverse Twinkie, with the gooey, sweet stuff on the outside and the filling made of sponge cake. The inside's not too bad, but the stuff that surrounds it (that you can lick off your fingers when you're finished eating it) is what you wanted it for.

In the case of this episode, the "outside" is what I call the "Real story (the d*mned thing and what it apparently did)" which contains the "Main story (the near-farcical 'he said, she said' at the coroner's inquest)". I'm heading to work right now so I'll have to comment on it later. Meanwhile:

Did inspire which in turn inspired a writer for? 