Drop the Dead Donkey (TV Series)

The Day of the Mum (1994)

Susannah Doyle: Joy Merryweather

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• [first lines] 

  Helen Cooper : Press release from central office. Tories are insisting there's a clear blue water between them and Labor.

  Dave Charnley : Yeah, only trouble is it's got lots of brown things floating in it.

  Gus Hedges : If anyone wants me, I'm in my office. Getting in touch with my inner child.

  Joy Merryweather : He'll never find his inner child. It's buried beneath the outer prat.

• Sally Smedley : Either I get a formal response to my request for the same lunch allowance as Henry or I shall withdraw my labor. How would you like that?

  Joy Merryweather : How would we tell?

• Helen Cooper : Joy... are you gonna spend the whole day just winding people up?

  Joy Merryweather : No, I'll probably break for lunch.