Murphy lay in hospital covered in bandages head to foot - with just two little slits for his eyes.

'What happened to you?' asked Cassidy.

'I staggered out of the pub and a lorry hit me a glancing blow and knocked me through a plate glass window.'

'Bejaysus,' said Cassidy. 'It's a good job you were wearing those bandages or you'd have been cut to ribbons!'