Shaun: Mum, look, what would you say if I told you that over the years Philip’s been quite unkind to me?

Barbara: Well, you weren’t always the easiest person to live with.

Shaun: Mum, he chased me around the garden with a bit of wood!

Barbara: Well, you did call him a you-know-what!

Shaun: Oh what, did he tell you that?

Barbara: Yes he did.

Shaun: Motherfucker!

Barbara: Shaun!

Shaun: Sorry, mother...mum! Did you know that on several occasions...he touched me? [long pause, then Barbara turns to look at Shaun] That wasn’t true. Made it up. Shouldn’t have done. Sorry.”

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