"Even her experience of feeding had been distressing, " an RSPCA spokesperson explained, saying she had been locked in a shed and food would be hurled in for her at irregularintervals.
At the same time, the simple structural device that propels the play the incoming calls that keep the pay phone of Becker's Car Service ringing at frequent but unpredictably irregular intervals ensures that the action will never be sidetracked by the savory digressions with which the script is salted.