"Just before you remove my limbs with that rusty saw, do you think I could quickly phone the Amex and cancel my very reasonably priced Brighton and Hove Albion season ticket in the West Lower?"
Absolutely brilliant mate, really chuffed for you. (some vague parallels - me an ex-Seafordian who is hawking the manuscript of his children's novel - based in Seaford and in the underground World War II tunnels at South Heighton - around various literary agencies currently)