For example, Lockhart, having married the innocent young Jessica, and moving to a suburban crescent of large houses (which she owns but cannot sell due to sitting tenancies), decides that the only way to get rid of the neighbouring tenants is to create absolute mayhem in the neighbourhood. His methods include causing marital misunderstandings, drugging dogs, reversing the flow of sewage, sending sexual toys to old spinsters and adding abrasive chemicals to the inside of a condom. This in turn induces scenes such as the desperate cheese-grating of male genitalia, a full-scale battle between the police and the army, and a high-speed train crash.