That was really so funny! It was indeed like an episode from the old Batman and Robin TV show, if you saw it from one of the thugs' perspective. Except Joe Drayton wasn't much like a thug to me.

Come to think of it, this fic was quite a bit like some of the old, very G-rated but also very sweetly absurdly Chaplinesque Silver Age Superman comic books! This has already been quoted, but I have to quote it all over again:
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I could see right away that he was feeding the card in the wrong direction.

“Give me that,” I said as I snatched the card from him. I flipped it over, swiped it, and the door buzzed open. Four immediately went inside. Five, who was definitely a few wontons short of a PuPu Platter, just stared at me as if I'd just made the Eiffel Tower disappear.

“It's a gift,” I said finally. “Now get in.”
I would have laughed so madly that I would have spluttered my milk if I had read this when I was a kid!

So funny! Welcome to the boards, Mr AlonzoMosleyFBI!

Ann