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Thames VTR 13644, part 1, take 1.

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And we commit his body to the ground,
earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust

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to dust.

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And we beseech thy name... Oh, my God.

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Here,

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here's that.

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You'd be in the grave, Mildred.

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Yes, I know, George.

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Don't.

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Don't get it.

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And to die in thy favour, that when the
judgment shall come, we may be found

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acceptable in thy sight.

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A very upsetting experience that was,
Mildred.

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Gone, but not forgotten.

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Well, your Uncle Nathaniel lived a long
life, George.

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I'm talking about me 50p.

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Well, what were you sobbing about? You
hardly knew him. Well, I enjoy a good

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cry, George.

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Wedding, christening, onion.

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Would you like a sandwich, Mildred? Oh,
no, thank you, love. Oh, what a lovely

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service. Thank you. I think he'd have
enjoyed it if he'd been there.

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And how are you, George? All right?

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Oh, yeah, I've never felt better, Kate.

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Do you know those were his very last
words?

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Oh, yeah.

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I must say, his widow's taken it very
well. Oh, yeah, I know, Fred.

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If you was to ask my opinion, I'd say
that she finished him off.

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She was too demanding.

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Physically, if you know what I mean. Oh,
I do, I do.

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It's like trying to run one hot bath
after another.

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There's only so much water in the tank.

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Exactly, yeah.

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Don't you worry, George.

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You're going to live to be 100.

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Did you ever hear of anybody else who
got a mattress replaced under a 12

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guarantee?

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Poor devil.

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You know, towards the end, he could
hardly hold his pension book steady.

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Yeah, well, he was a lot older than she
was.

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He was towards the end.

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Oh, I think your choice of hymns are so
tasteful, love.

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Oh, I'm sorry about George's tummy
rumbling.

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Oh, it was him, was he? It was hard to
tell with the echo in the church. Yes, I

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know. Oh, and the coffin.

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Beautiful. I mean, that lovely wood.

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Mahogany. I'm thinking of having the
dining room done out in it with brass

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lights. Oh, yes.

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Yes, like the handles.

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Oh, they went together beautifully.

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Mind you, so they should have done. It
was a very expensive funeral. Oh, well,

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it's the cost of living, dear.

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Well, also... I insisted on him being
fully covered, of course.

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Oh, yeah, well, I think you're very
wise, yes.

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Take my tip. Make sure your husband's
properly insured. Otherwise, well, it

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quite ruin the occasion.

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Yes. Yes, I see what you mean.

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Oh, yes.

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It's going well, isn't it?

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I know this isn't quite the time, Kate,
but Nathaniel's best suit, the

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grey one, is it spoken for? I mean, I'm
about his size, aren't I?

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No, it isn't. Why not pop round later
tonight and try on the trousers?

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Oh, right -o.

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Eh?

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You know, I don't like tragic occasions,
funerals and weddings and that.

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Yeah, I think I'll change my shirt.

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George, are you fully insured?

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What? It's not dangerous, is it?

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I mean, supposing you got run over by a
bus?

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What, while I'm changing my shirt? Oh.

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Any time.

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Oh, yeah.

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Well, I've got a small endowment.

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Yes.

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Yes, it's, uh, it's ninepence a week.

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I'll get 54 quid when it matures.

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Oh, well, we must try not to let it
change our way of life.

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Well, I've got my answer. I make it £1
.45 and a half P. What do you make it?

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Um, three kilometres.

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Oh, isn't it good?

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Somewhere, one of them has gone just a
little bit wrong.

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Yes, we're answering different
questions.

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I'm not sure you should be helping him
at all, Anne. If anything, it's my job.

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But you get them wrong.

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Yes. If I got them all right, they'd
know I'd been helping you.

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What's the next one?

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Find the lowest common denominator.

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Oh, haven't they found that yet? They
were looking for that when I was at

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school. They don't.

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I'd rather go and play.

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I'd rather go and play. Your mother
would rather go and play. We'd all

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and play.

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Then why are we sitting here doing
homework?

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Because I want you to go on to prep
school, followed by public school, and

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Oxbridge. Post -graduate studies.

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A doctorate. Get married. Have a child
of your own. And dart the whole rotten

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treadmill all over again. And the first
step towards these glittering prizes is

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to find the lowest common denominator.
Now, get on with it.

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When's the school report due? Next week.

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Ah, good.

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Looking forward to that.

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Yes. We all are.

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Do you realise, George...

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lives are in this box.

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Oh, there's your birth certificate.

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Oh. There goes one theory. It's got your
father's name on it.

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And here's our marriage licence, George.

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Oh, check and see if it's expired.

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Yeah, you'd like that, wouldn't you?

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Oh, look, George. Your old passport.

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Oh. Oh, you have changed.

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Oh, what's that on your head?

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Oh, it's hair, I forgot.

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Oh, now, special peculiarities.

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Small wart on the... I've never seen
that.

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Oh, no, neither have I. It's awkwardly
placed, isn't it?

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I had to take my mother's word for it.
Oh, I must have a look at it. No!

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What are you rummaging in that old thing
for, anyway?

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Trying to find the insurance policy.

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Oh, here we are. The Putney and District
Benevolent Society.

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I see.

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George, you haven't paid any premium
since 1952.

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Ah, well, no.

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Yeah, I can explain that.

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Give him a minute.

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I was out when he called, Mildred. You
could drop dead and I wouldn't get a

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penny. Well, no, but... It's me that
people are going to sneer at.

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when they cart you off in a plywood
coffin with Magwati tea written on the

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of it.

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You're selfish, George.

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Well, I don't plan to die for years,
Mildred.

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Selfish?

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Now, first thing in the morning, I'm
going to inquire about the cost of a

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funeral, and you are going to get
yourself insured for that amount.

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Well, it can't be all that much. Oh,
yes, it can.

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I mean, there's the cost of a headstone,
there's the flowers, the cars, the

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champagne party afterwards.

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The band.

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Good morning, madam. May I be of
service?

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Yes, I was... Oh, I'm inquiring about
the cost of a

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funeral. You've come to the right place.

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Is it for a loved one?

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No, it's for my husband.

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Sad time for you.

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May I offer my condolences?

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Ah, I've got the beans, Mildred.

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Morning.

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This is him.

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Your uncle?

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Yes. Oh, but he's still alive, madam.

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That is a matter of opinion.

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Yes. Perhaps we should go through into
the inner office. It's quieter in there.

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It can't be.

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Pray be seated.

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Yes. Now, let me see if I've got this
straight.

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You are the deceased to be.

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Yes.

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Ignore me. That's what it is, Melvin.

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George, we're only window shopping.

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I wasn't thinking of spending too much.

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Oh, quite.

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Good. You start with the plastic cup.
This is a very popular model. The

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Executive Mark II.

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Padded and lined with silk for comfort.

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Oh, yes. Very nice.

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I'll have one out the back if you care
to try it. No, I wouldn't.

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What I really want to know is how much
is it going to cost me? I mean

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everything. Well, it varies.

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For instance, cars.

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Will there be many mourners?

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Oh, I shouldn't think so, no.

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Oh, charming.

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Let me tell you, Mildred, there'll be
all sorts of people only too happy to

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up for my funeral.

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Yes, absolutely, yes. Yeah, well, there
you are then, see? I want nothing but

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the best. Oh, wise, very wise.

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There is, of course, this.

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This is a one -off.

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Made by Kropman.

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Genuine oak with gold -plated handle.

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Oh.

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I was saving it for myself.

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You'd never get inside it.

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£600.

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Oh, yeah, well, that is a little stiff,
isn't it?

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Yeah, well, no. What I

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was thinking was, haven't you got
anything, you

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know, sort of...

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Second hand.

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No.

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Look, what is the cost of an average run
-of -the -mill funeral for an average

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run -of -the -mill dead husband?

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£200, love.

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And that's with half the mourners going
by bus.

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Shocking, Mildred. Why do you ask? Is Mr
Roper feeling a bit off colour? Oh, no,

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love, it is you yourself.

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Coughing, wheezing, moaning.

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No, I just think a husband ought to be
insured. And a wife. He might see you

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off. Oh, no, love, no.

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No, I've made up my mind. He's going
first.

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But did you once tell me that Mr.
Formile handles this sort of thing?

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Insurance? Well, he does a bit. It's
mainly houses, mortgage covers, that

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of thing. Oh, do you think he could
cover George?

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Well, I should think so.

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He hasn't got dry rot in his foundation.

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Agreed, one can take out a policy just
to cover the burial costs. But, well,

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let's imagine for a moment that he's
dead. Oh, yes, let's.

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Who is paying the mortgage?

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Food, travel, clothes.

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Who's paying?

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Oh, it doesn't bother me. I'm dead.

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I think you should take out a policy
which will ensure him for as full value

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you as a husband.

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As little as that.

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I would suggest this policy here. £20
,000 on his demise, £5 ,000 for the loss

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of a leg, arm, eye, etc., etc.

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Oh, they actually list the various parts
and what they're worth.

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Oh.

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Oh.

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One or two bargains here, George.

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You're on a commission for this, aren't
you? Be quiet, George. You're dead.

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That would be ideal, Mr Fourmile.

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Good. Well, you'll have to have a
medical first, of course. I'll just take

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a few details.

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Name, we know.

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Address?

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Yes.

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Height? That'd be about four foot six.

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Five foot ten. Sorry.

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If you want special peculiarities, he's
got them. No!

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I'm perfectly capable of filling in a
form by myself, should I so wish.

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Which I do not.

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George! Nope.

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Now, I don't like medical examinations,
Mildred.

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They get very personal sometimes.

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Telling you the coffin, that.

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George, it stands to reason they're not
going to insure you if you're falling

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apart.

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So try not to show it.

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Oh, and they stick their cold wash name
up your wash names.

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It's not a lot of fun.

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George, you are only going for a simple
check -up.

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I mean, it's not a transplant,
unfortunately.

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Well, last time I went to see a doctor,
do you know what he did? He hit me in

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the knee with a hammer.

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You probably said something to annoy
him, George.

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Now, you've got plenty of time, your
appointment isn't till 11, and you are

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going to see a Dr White.

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Have I, er... Have I got to take
everything off?

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If you wouldn't mind.

250
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Ah, yeah.

251
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Well, that's... That's it, you see.

252
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I do. I do mind. But if I take
everything off, I lose my dignity.

253
00:15:43,610 --> 00:15:46,030
And you feel dignified looking like
that?

254
00:15:46,250 --> 00:15:49,670
Well, no, but... Everything off.

255
00:15:50,050 --> 00:15:53,070
I cannot examine you through your woolly
vest.

256
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Oh, yeah, right.

257
00:15:54,370 --> 00:15:55,370
Hey, it's...

258
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It's funny your name being, uh, and you
being, uh... I'll take everything off.

259
00:16:03,570 --> 00:16:05,350
And lie down on the couch, please.

260
00:16:08,250 --> 00:16:10,410
Do you smoke, Mr. Roper?

261
00:16:10,630 --> 00:16:12,230
Uh, no, thank you, not just now.

262
00:16:14,470 --> 00:16:18,790
Oh, uh, yeah, I see what you mean. Uh,
yeah, about, uh, about five a day.

263
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Five? Three or four times a day.

264
00:16:23,130 --> 00:16:25,270
Oh, so that's 20.

265
00:16:25,850 --> 00:16:27,850
Yes, yes, you could put it like that.

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Right, I'm ready.

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Good.

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I'd like you to know that I had a lot of
sympathy with you people over the crash

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helmet business.

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One of your lot, you know, opened a
restaurant near us.

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The Kama Sutra takeaway.

272
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Oh, really?

273
00:16:59,540 --> 00:17:01,120
Yeah. Have you ever read it?

274
00:17:01,620 --> 00:17:03,860
Oh, don't go around reading restaurants.

275
00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:07,140
No, no, no, no. It's a book as well, you
see.

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It's a bit naughty, all those various
positions.

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Oh, I remember now.

278
00:17:12,819 --> 00:17:14,800
Could you assume position 43?

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Turn over, please.

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Oh, turn over, yeah.

281
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When will I hear from the insurance
people?

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In a day or two.

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Breathe in, please.

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You've got a good sense of rhythm, you
people.

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You're too kind, Mr Roper.

286
00:17:44,100 --> 00:17:45,720
It is Mr Roper, isn't it?

287
00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:49,480
Oh, yeah. Oh, good, because you all look
the same to me.

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This is not a very good report.

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Spelling poor.

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I was top of the class in RN.

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RN? Religious knowledge.

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00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:09,480
Spelling poor.

293
00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:12,440
I thought it was fastest at running.

294
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Well, that might come in handy.

295
00:18:14,740 --> 00:18:16,600
And look what your rookie teacher says.

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Lives in a world of his own. Oh, dear.

297
00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:24,020
She puts that on everybody's report. She
thinks it's funny.

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00:18:25,610 --> 00:18:27,670
And I'll show this to your father when
he's in a good mood.

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Anne! Anne!

300
00:18:30,590 --> 00:18:31,850
Where the devil is everybody?

301
00:18:32,110 --> 00:18:33,110
Which is not now.

302
00:18:33,590 --> 00:18:36,970
Anne! Ah, look at this. A parking
ticket.

303
00:18:37,190 --> 00:18:40,370
Six pounds for parking outside the
magistrate's court. What are you doing

304
00:18:41,510 --> 00:18:43,250
Paying the parking ticket I got last
week.

305
00:18:45,810 --> 00:18:49,230
Has, uh... Has Tristan's school report
arrived yet?

306
00:18:49,450 --> 00:18:51,470
Uh, no. No, definitely not.

307
00:18:51,670 --> 00:18:52,670
Pity.

308
00:18:52,730 --> 00:18:54,250
Might have put me in a better mood.

309
00:19:03,500 --> 00:19:06,620
There's a letter here addressed to you.
Came this morning. Oh, sure.

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Yeah, it says that you've passed your
medical and the insurance company will

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accept your policy on payment of the
first premium.

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00:19:13,660 --> 00:19:15,160
Isn't that marvellous? Yeah.

313
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Have you opened this letter, Mildred?

314
00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:20,680
What makes you think that, George?

315
00:19:21,060 --> 00:19:23,960
Well, little things. The fact that it's
open and you know what's in it.

316
00:19:24,740 --> 00:19:27,580
It's marked private and confidential
down here. Well, I'm not going to tell

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anyone. Well, you just told me.

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It's addressed to you, George. You're
entitled to know.

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00:19:32,940 --> 00:19:36,540
Now, look, I've made up this check. All
you've got to do is to sign it and I'll

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pop it in next door. Yeah, well, I don't
know. Sign it.

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Six quid.

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Haven't they got anything better to do
than go around persecuting guilty

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00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:46,760
motorists?

324
00:19:48,030 --> 00:19:49,450
Excuse me. Yes, what do you think now?

325
00:19:51,170 --> 00:19:54,930
Oh, I'm sorry, Mrs Roper. Do come in.
Oh, thank you.

326
00:19:55,570 --> 00:19:58,190
Oh, George's trek round for his first
premium.

327
00:19:58,450 --> 00:20:00,650
Oh, he passed his medical then? Yes, he
did.

328
00:20:01,030 --> 00:20:05,510
Amazing. Oh, I'd never have forgiven
myself if he'd popped off in the middle

329
00:20:05,510 --> 00:20:06,550
the night before I'd given you that.

330
00:20:06,950 --> 00:20:07,849
Oh, quite.

331
00:20:07,850 --> 00:20:11,330
I'll make out a receipt, and then if he
does pop off, you'll be a rich woman.

332
00:20:12,470 --> 00:20:13,470
Yes.

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00:20:35,830 --> 00:20:36,950
£20 ,000.

334
00:20:38,530 --> 00:20:39,530
You what?

335
00:20:40,930 --> 00:20:42,610
Nothing, nothing, George, no.

336
00:20:42,910 --> 00:20:43,910
Oh.

337
00:20:53,290 --> 00:20:54,890
What are you looking at me like that
for?

338
00:20:55,230 --> 00:20:56,230
Oh, nothing, George.

339
00:20:56,670 --> 00:20:59,630
I was just thinking about how much
you're worth.

340
00:21:00,330 --> 00:21:02,310
Or, rather, you will be.

341
00:21:03,230 --> 00:21:04,650
But what put that in your mind?

342
00:21:04,890 --> 00:21:08,490
Oh, I was reading this advert, George,
about a round -the -world cruise.

343
00:21:08,750 --> 00:21:09,750
Oh, we can't afford it.

344
00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:11,040
We can't, no.

345
00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:14,760
I've seen an expression like that on a
vulture at the zoo.

346
00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:19,900
Don't be so silly, George. It's just as
if you did go.

347
00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:23,200
Well, a cruise would help cushion the
grief.

348
00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:24,720
I think I'll keep it.

349
00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:27,860
Why don't you hover over me head, eh?
Oh, I don't know.

350
00:21:29,220 --> 00:21:30,420
Oh, George.

351
00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:31,680
Oh,

352
00:21:31,780 --> 00:21:33,700
what a nasty cough.

353
00:21:34,060 --> 00:21:35,260
It's the wrong way, that's all.

354
00:21:35,540 --> 00:21:36,540
Oh, well.

355
00:21:37,220 --> 00:21:38,220
Now, look, George.

356
00:21:38,890 --> 00:21:42,590
This tourist class is under £5 ,000, and
that's only a leg.

357
00:21:42,890 --> 00:21:46,350
I mean, if you threw in an arm, we could
stop off at Madeira for a month.

358
00:21:46,890 --> 00:21:49,650
Do not try this conversation at all
amusing, Mildred.

359
00:21:50,650 --> 00:21:53,430
George, there's no harm in sending off
for the details.

360
00:21:53,770 --> 00:21:54,770
Over my dead body.

361
00:22:00,490 --> 00:22:03,750
I've been thinking about this parking
business, and, well, enough is enough.

362
00:22:04,050 --> 00:22:06,310
I shall buy a folding bicycle and keep
it in my boot.

363
00:22:10,070 --> 00:22:11,290
Are you in a good mood?

364
00:22:11,910 --> 00:22:13,210
Uh, yes.

365
00:22:13,530 --> 00:22:15,170
Then I'll read you this school report.

366
00:22:15,470 --> 00:22:17,290
Ah, so we have got it, have we? Yes.

367
00:22:20,470 --> 00:22:22,630
Maths must try harder.

368
00:22:23,410 --> 00:22:25,750
History doesn't pay attention.

369
00:22:26,630 --> 00:22:31,630
English, his handwriting has improved,
revealing his inability to spell.

370
00:22:33,030 --> 00:22:36,030
And the rest are worth bottom of the
class.

371
00:22:37,190 --> 00:22:38,190
Oh.

372
00:22:39,540 --> 00:22:42,880
That report is... Well, it's very
disappointing.

373
00:22:43,620 --> 00:22:45,260
It's not mine, Daddy.

374
00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:47,000
What? It's yours.

375
00:22:47,340 --> 00:22:48,660
I don't have your phone.

376
00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:50,460
It's you when you were seven.

377
00:22:50,860 --> 00:22:55,380
But I... Anywhere near as bad.

378
00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:57,200
Ah.

379
00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:04,320
Oh,

380
00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:07,240
it's a good book, is it?

381
00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:08,820
No, it's not.

382
00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:12,140
It's about this woman who finished off
six husbands by putting poison in their

383
00:23:12,140 --> 00:23:13,740
food. Oh, I must read it.

384
00:23:14,020 --> 00:23:16,860
No, no, I'm taking it back to the
library.

385
00:23:17,900 --> 00:23:19,060
Er, door, George.

386
00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:20,580
Oh, blimey.

387
00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:31,240
Ah, morning.

388
00:23:31,260 --> 00:23:33,700
About your insurance, Mr Roper, I think
you've made a slight mistake.

389
00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:37,880
On the cheque, I noticed the date.
Instead of writing the 9th of the 9th,

390
00:23:38,100 --> 00:23:39,240
you've written the 7th of the 6th, 99.

391
00:23:39,580 --> 00:23:43,200
Oh. I don't think the company would be
prepared to wait that long before

392
00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:46,360
it. No, well, we can soon put that
straight. Oh, good. We'll forget the old

393
00:23:46,360 --> 00:23:51,220
thing. Oh, but you... It was

394
00:23:51,220 --> 00:23:57,280
him

395
00:23:57,280 --> 00:23:58,520
next door.

396
00:23:59,220 --> 00:24:01,980
I've just torn up the cheque on the
first premium, Mildred.

397
00:24:02,220 --> 00:24:03,220
You what?

398
00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:04,520
Told him to forget the old thing.

399
00:24:05,220 --> 00:24:07,720
George, does that mean you're not
insured anymore?

400
00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:09,800
No. Don't drink that coffee!

401
00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:15,480
Why not?

402
00:24:15,780 --> 00:24:19,800
Well, because I haven't put any sugar in
it, George.