Letter to Blanchy - A Serious Undertaking

Well he was bought up in the depression...Badly wounded in the war. When he got back his wife ran off with that panel-beating fella. Then the plumbing business went through in the fifties, and uh, last year he lost his caretaking job.

– Ernie (Roy Wesney) replies to Barry (Jon Gadsby) asking if Ron had a good life

Dear Blanchy, this has not been an easy letter to write. You being in hospital, you probably haven't heard the unhappy story of Ron and Ernie Parkinson.

– Barry (Jon Gadsby) writes to Blanchy, early in this excerpt

The traffic officer said 'have you seen one of these?'. And the nun replies as quick as a flash 'of course I have young man, but it better be a darn sight bigger than that'.

– Ray (Peter Rowley) relays the dirty joke that was interrupted by Ron's death