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‘Before you go, can you phone my wife
and let her know I’ll be a bit late?’
‘Roses are red, violets are blue, I’m sure
you won’t mind, if I don’t kiss you…’
‘Typical. You wait for ages and then 4,000 come along at once.’
‘Oh no, while he’s inside he’s become radicalised.’
‘Police?’
‘There’s no easy way to put this, Ted, but we need to reduce staff levels and you’re a member of the demographic group no one cares about.’
‘I thought we were in coalitionwith Sinn Fein?’
‘I’ll have to knock down your doll’s
house to make way for my HS2 train set.’
‘They built this hospital in just ten days, you know!’