Comments on: All Creatures Great and Small http://www.joyfeed.com/2008/09/all-creatures-great-and-small/ we have accepted the terms and conditions Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dogman http://www.joyfeed.com/2008/09/all-creatures-great-and-small/comment-page-1/#comment-1354 Dogman Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:57:56 +0000 http://www.joyfeed.com/?p=54#comment-1354 This piece is very good. It brought to the surface of my recollection a conversation I heard in Northampton Job Centre (or whatever epithet they 'employed' to mean 'Job Centre' in 1996). I was sat on one of the grimy chairs in the 'waiting' area, beside a man. He was waiting too. Presently, a woman came across and sat down next to the man. They evidently knew one another, and grunted recognition. The exact conversation (and I remember it syllable-for-syllable) was: SHE: 'right? HE: 'right. [pause] SHE: How's dog? HE: 'right. [pause] SHE: How's cat? HE: 'right. [pause] Hates dog. The conversation I think is one of the all-time greats. This piece is very good. It brought to the surface of my recollection a conversation I heard in Northampton Job Centre (or whatever epithet they ‘employed’ to mean ‘Job Centre’ in 1996).

I was sat on one of the grimy chairs in the ‘waiting’ area, beside a man. He was waiting too. Presently, a woman came across and sat down next to the man. They evidently knew one another, and grunted recognition. The exact conversation (and I remember it syllable-for-syllable) was:

SHE: ‘right?
HE: ‘right.
[pause]
SHE: How’s dog?
HE: ‘right.
[pause]
SHE: How’s cat?
HE: ‘right. [pause] Hates dog.

The conversation I think is one of the all-time greats.

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