- [first lines]
- Barbara: Very kind of you to offer a lift to the shops, Margo for me, but I could have walked to the ironmongers by now.
- Margo Leadbetter: I know, dear. I sometimes wonder why Jerry bothers to have the car serviced. He does one himself every time he gets in the wretched thing.
- Jerry Leadbetter: [on the phone] Hello, Jerry Leadbetter here. I was just telephoning to find out whether I can have my car today? Oh, Tuesday? What -
- [Margo grabs the phone from Jerry]
- Margo Leadbetter: What do you mean, Tuesday?
- [to Jerry]
- Margo Leadbetter: Be quiet!
- [on telephone]
- Margo Leadbetter: I don't care if the spare parts come from Mars. Go and collect them. "A bottle-neck in the lube bay." What does that mean in English? Well, say lubrication, then!
- Jerry Leadbetter: Margo...
- Margo Leadbetter: [to Jerry] Be quiet, Jerry.
- [on telephone]
- Margo Leadbetter: All right. Go and look at your wretched worksheet. No, you may not "tinkle" me back. I'll hold on.
- Tom: Jerry, can I use your phone?
- Jerry Leadbetter: Don't interrupt Margo right now, she's in full flow.
- Margo Leadbetter: [on telephone] Hello? Are you the same man? Very well. No, that is not good enough.
- Tom: [to Barbara] Look, love, - Barbara! It would be pointless you having a dress like Eileen wore. You're too short.
- [Barbara screams from another room]