One strike on a match is acceptable: two strikes you could be pushing it. Three strikes on a match you're simply asking for it. Try with six on a match and you've only yourself to blame. In these five cautionary tales - plus a tongue in cheek lecture on the delights of erotica - the characters take it upon themselves whether to strike once, twice, thrice or - if they dare - even more. Does flamboyant florist Stephen Bremmer truly warrant his "floribunda"...