Batman was brushing with the Batbrush when

Batman was brushing with the Batbrush when he got a Batsignal, so he took off his Batman pajamas & put on his Batman costume & jumped in the Batmobile with Bathound & the Batfleas

. Alfred stirred his tea and looked out at the fading tail-lights of the Batmobile. He sighed calling Gordon on the cell, "Yes, Master Bruce is on his way, Please humor him."

Batman said chomping biscotti, "I heard that joke Gordo and forgive me if I don't even courtesy laugh. How about this, what do you call a man with no arms and no legs

who works as a veterinary surgeon and has laryngitis?" Gordo took the time Batman was using to set up the punchline to wrap him in 30 feet of chain and put a stick of dynamite in

into his bat-shorts. Robin was about to suggest a witty rejoinder to Gordo's "Who works as a vet and has laryngitis?" but Batman was still thinking. "Quiet you," the trussed super

Snorted despite being newly legless.

"Stop snorting, being legless is not so bad," said Det. Manatee. "You're Det. Manatee?" "You may call me Hugh," he said. "Oh, THE Hugh Manatee?" said the legless creature.

"The One and Only, I hope. There is still a doubt but yes, Detective Hugh Manatee at your service", he said as he flung his flipper forward for a shake. The legless creature was ar

med to the teeth with enough saline enemas to evacuate a herd of Wooly Mammoth. "Who do you want to purge with all that laxative?" Det. Manatee asked. "Everyone in need" he cried.