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| Garry attends to one of the bikes |
Garry is tinkering with one of the electric bikes when Mark passes on his round; “Hey, be careful, or that bike will be useless,” he says, but Garry is more concerned about his own state.
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| "You should be at home, resting" |
“If your ankle still hurts, you should be at home, resting,” Mark instructs him.
Garry points out that the buyer is coming tomorrow and it needs a polish, but Mark is insistent that he should go home, as he is not fit to be there.
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| "I don't think so – people will start to talk" |
He invites Garry to lean on his shoulder; “No, I don’t think so – people will start to talk!”
Mark maintains that he is out of Garry’s league, and that he cannot trust his feet;
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| However, Garry appreciates the support |
despite continuing protests, Garry accepts the offer, and goes staggering off along the street – presumably leaving the bike unattended.
“What you need are a couple of brandies – Dad said it was the best thing for numbing pain,” Mark tells him.
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| "How's 'Hopalong' today, then?" |
Jinx is on his way to the Deri and asks how ‘Hopalong’ is today; Garry is obviously in a terrible mood.
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| Aled is being shown Jinx's video |
Rhys is in the Deri, showing Aled the newly discovered video of Jinx singing his song; “Hey, hey, Blodeuwedd [Goddess of the Flowers in Welsh mythology], you are the prettiest of all the world’s flowers.”
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| "Do you think Simon Cowell will be kicking his door down?" |
Rhys wonders if Simon Cowell will be kicking his door down; “It’s one of the funniest things I’ve seen in yonks!” Aled replies at least he is trying his best,
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| "Quick, hide the phone!" |
then when they see Jinx coming in, Aled hides the phone.
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| "Delivery for Seren" |
Jinx has brought a delivery from Rala Rwdins [children’s book about a friendly witch] for Seren, but is told that Dani is out, so he leaves it on the bar.
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| "Did you write a song for Ffion last week?" |
“Did you manage to write a song for Ffion last week?” enquires Rhys, and Jinx confirms he did,
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| "Yes – and it wasn't bad" |
and regards it as good, even if he says so himself.
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| "An old song has become a hit on YouTube!" |
Then he adds, “Guess what – a song I wrote a few years ago has become a hit on YouTube!” Rhys feigns surprise, as he goes on, “It’s called Blodeuwedd Fi,”
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| "Wasn't she the Goddess of the Flowers?" |
and Rhys seems to remember that she was the Goddess of Flowers.
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| "Someone knows the Mabinogion" |
Jinx is pleased that someone knows the Mabinogion, and Rhys praises him for being so talented;
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| "Well, I try, mate" |
“Well, I try, mate,” Jinx replies, “The song has had lots of views and comments.”
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| "Math and I wrote all the comments" |
When he leaves the pub, Rhys confesses that he and Mathew wrote the comments, using pseudonyms, for a laugh, but Aled cannot see the attraction of doing that.
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| "What are you doing later, Gar?" |
At number 7, Garry pours himself a stiff drink and Mark asks, “What are you doing later?” Garry sarcastically answers that he is running a marathon, and is told, “We’re organising a games night for Colin – nothing special, just a cup of tea and a game of Monopoly.”
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| "Why would Garry Monk play board games?" |
Garry scathingly demands, “Why would Garry Monk want to have a cup of tea and play board games?”
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| "Col is missing Izzy terribly" |
Mark says that Colin has had a tough weekend and is missing Izzy terribly – they just want to cheer him up.
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| "That would make hm even more depressed" |
Garry predicts that a games night would make him even more depressed – he is not a child.
“I have better things to do than faff about with ‘Get out of Jail’ cards!” he snarls,
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| "Well, if that's what you want" |
and Mark leaves to continue his round.
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| "I've fixed the sink in the Deri" |
Iolo comes in through the back door and informs Garry that he has fixed the sink in the Deri, and also has something from Dani to give him.
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| "Dani would appreciate a bank transfer" |
He is told that it is a receipt for Gwern’s new trainers, and Dani would appreciate a bank transfer by the end of the day.
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| The amount brings tears to Garry's eyes |
Garry is horrified when he sees that the price is £110.
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| "He actually thinks Donald from Florida likes his song?" |
Mathew has now joined Rhys in the Deri; “Are you serious? He actually thinks Donald from Florida likes his song?”
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| Rhys tries his version of Jinx's voice |
Rhys adds that there is also Kiki from Tokyo. Aled explains that Jinx thinks that he is talented;
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| "Well, he's wrong, then, isn't he?" |
“Well, he’s wrong then, isn’t he?” declares Mathew.
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| "He's not that bad, boys" |
Aled maintains that he is not that bad,
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| "We should post more messages" |
but Rhys calls it, “Wrong on every level – and if he’s that deluded, we should post more messages. I think Gina from Galway loves Jinx and his haunting Celtic melody.”
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| "Caio from Caernarfon thinks he sounds like . . ." |
Mathew suggests, “Caio from Caernarfon thinks he sounds like – who shall we say? Al Lewis!”
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| "You're not being fair here!" |
Aled considers this is going too far and accuses them of not being fair,
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| "You're the next Ed Sheeran" |
but Rhys is adding a comment that Jinx is the next Ed Sheeran.
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| Kath is displeased at all these boxes |
Kath is dismayed to find when she comes in the back door of Maes-y-Deri that there are boxes everywhere;
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| "I brought them in – there may be thieves about" |
“Motorcycle magazines from the auction,” Brynmor tells her, “They’ve been in the car over the weekend and I thought I’d better bring them in, just in case there are thieves about.
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| "They're stealing dogs, not magazines!" |
Kath points out, “They’re stealing dogs, not magazines! Haven’t you got enough magazines?” He admits that he already has most of them, but he bought them because he is looking for one particular edition.
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| "The 25th anniversary edition of Backstreet Bikes" |
“The 25th anniversary edition of ‘Backstreet Bikes’, and if I found it, I’d have the full collection. Every edition since 1990 – imagine!”
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| "Move these, so I can sit down" |
Mark comes in after finishing his round, and tells Brynmor to shift the boxes so he can sit down. He asks his mother if there is any chance of a cup of tea;
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| "Is it too much to ask for a cup of tea?" |
“Is it too much to ask you to make me one, after I’ve been grafting?”
Kath informs him that he has two arms – and he can help Brynmor find the edition he is looking for.
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| "No chance – I've been up since five!" |
Mark does not intend to do that; “I’ve been up since five, while you’ve been here doing nothing.”
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| "Perhaps I shall hit the jackpot!" |
Brynmor starts on another box, hoping that he will hit the jackpot;
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| Kath looks disapproving |
Kath does not look very happy about the situation.
Hywel and Gaynor return to Llwyncelyn, after their time away, (presumably to mark Gaynor’s retirement)
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| Gaynor picks up the accumulated post |
and pick up the post which has accumulated. She thinks that it smells stale in the house,
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| "Rhys hasn't opened the windows" |
probably caused by Rhys not opening the windows
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| "Or washed any dishes – surprise, surprise!"" |
and leaving unwashed dishes around the place.
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| "We had to come home at some point" |
“We had to come home at some point, didn’t we?” Gaynor groans,
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| Hywel is told to get the rest of the luggage |
“Go and get the rest of the stuff from the car.”
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| Gaynor looks around the room . . . |
She looks discontentedly around her,
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| . . . noticing the photo of Izzy |
and is given a reminder by the picture of Izzy on the fridge.
Brynmor fears the edition he needs will not be in any of the boxes,
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| Things are not looking hopeful |
but Kath, who has now consented to assist him,
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| . . . until Kath finds two copies of the missing edition |
announces, “Look – and not just one – there are two! What are the chances?”
“Kathleen Pearl, you’re a genius!” he exclaims,
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| "You're not the first person to say that" |
and she comments that he is not the first person to say that. “It’s just like buses – you wait for ever for one and then two turn up.”
“Now you’ve got the full set, what are you going to do?” she asks, “Sell them on ebay?”
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| "Oh, no – they're not worth anything" |
He is not going to do that, as they are not worth anything;
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| "So why were yo so desperate to find one?" |
“So why were you so desperate to find one, then?” she demands, and he says that they are nice to have.
She wants to know what he is going to do with the rest of them; “Take them to the dump? Recycle them?”
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| "Wilko might like to have some of them" |
Brynmor does not yet know, but imagines that Wilko might like to have some of them, especially the anniversary edition.
Kath informs him, “I don’t care what you do with them, as long as you get rid of them.
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| "When I get back, these will be gone!" |
“Brynmor, I’m going to have a bath now – when I get back, these will be gone!”
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| "We're mates, Col" |
Colin tells Mark that he did not have to organise anything tonight, but is told that they are mates; “I might not cheer you up because I’ll win, but I hope it takes your mind off things,” Mark tells him.
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| Britt has to do a shift in the Deri |
Britt discovers that she has to go and work in the Deri, as they have no one to cover the shift,
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| "Garry wouldn't come!" |
and Mark regrets, “It won’t be much of a game with just you and me – Garry wouldn’t come! He’s busy doing nothing.”
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| "I'm going to kick him up the backside!" |
Britt is furious that her brother would not come and help to cheer up Colin; “He’d rather be at home? After getting changed, I’m going to kick him up the backside!” She ignores Colin’s protests not to do that, raging, “He’s a blinkin’ hypocrite!”
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| Hywel is doing the household chores |
At Llwyncelyn, Hywel is loading the washing machine, and enquires if Gaynor intends to help him; she tells him to leave it until tomorrow, as it will be something for her to do.
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| Another sympathy card has been delivered |
She has found a sympathy card from Llio, a college friend; “She must have only just heard.”
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| "There's no shame in finding things difficult" |
He remarks that there is no shame in finding things difficult,
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| "I was looking forward to coming home" |
and she says that she was looking forward to coming home, but now she is there;
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| "I just don't know what to do next" |
“Izzy has gone, Lois has gone back, I don’t have a job. I just don’t know what to do next.”
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| "How about steak for dinner?" |
He suggests an early dinner, probably steak,
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| "Chips or salad?" |
and she asks what he wants with it.
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| "We won't be able to afford steaks now" |
He doubts that they will be able to afford steaks from now on, with her on a pension.
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| I have plenty of money in the bank" |
“Hywel, I have plenty of money in the bank, so we won’t go without. And I can’t take it with me, can I? So we might as well enjoy it!”
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| "I'm not selling the chip shop!" |
She cannot believe that he is eating noodles;
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| "Half the world eats noodles!" |
“What’s wrong with noodles? Half the world eats noodles!” he grumbles, and she insists that he is a meat and two veg guy, but is not there to discuss the chippy – although it is a fantastic idea.
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| "Can't you make a bit of an effort?" |
“Why won’t you come over for a game? You know we want to cheer Colin up – can’t you make a bit of an effort? If you had something on, fine –
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| "You'd rather sit here, eating a pot of noodles?" |
“but you would rather sit here, eating a pot of noodles, than support a man who’s just lost his daughter!
“You’re always saying how important family is, and how it has to come first –
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| "Just a couple of hours of your time" |
“but you won’t give a couple of hours of your time to support your brother-in-law. I’ll tell you one thing, Garry – if something happened to Gwern or Seren, Colin would be here like a shot!”
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| "I can hardly walk, Britt!" |
“And you expect me to come all the way to the flat when I can hardly walk?” he moans;
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| "Use that – and don't be such a wimp!" |
she points at his crutch, orders him to use it and not to be such a wimp.
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| Off she goes |
She marches out of the house.
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| "You've got dozens of handbags upstairs" |
Hywel looks at the handbags displayed on the laptop; “Why are you looking at these, Gaynor? You’ve got dozens of handbags upstairs.” She maintains that she can never have too many handbags.
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| "Izzy always wanted a designer one" |
She goes on, “And Izzy always wanted a designer one, but she never had the opportunity, poor thing.”
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| "You won't have any money left" |
Hywel warns that if she spends, she will not have any money left in the bank, and has also been thinking that she ought to invest some of it. It is the sensible and responsible thing to do.
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| "Perhaps I don't want to be sensible and responsible" |
“Perhaps I don’t want to be sensible and responsible – Izzy always said that was my problem – what have I got to show for living like that? Nothing. No, from now on, I’m going to do what makes me happy – I’m going to do what I want, when I want.
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| "That's what Izzy would do" |
“That’s what Izzy would do.”
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| Gaynor looks at the handbags |
Hywel goes upstairs and she resumes her perusal of the handbags.
When Kath returns from her bath she finds the room tidy again; “Well, there’s a difference!
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| "There's one left" |
“I would give you ten out of ten, but there’s one left.” He apologises that he did not see that one, and will get rid of it now.
She is not cooking tonight, but will go and get some chips; she asks if Brynmor wants curry sauce,
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| "A jumbo sausage on the side" |
and he requests, “A jumbo sausage on the side.” Off she goes, and he collects the errant magazine,
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| He has found room in the sideboard |
putting it with all the others, in the bottom of the sideboard.
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| Mathew and DJ have their chips |
Mathew and DJ come out of the chippy with their meals when Rhys approaches along the road;
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| Mathew looks at Jinx's replies |
“Math, have you seen Jinx’s replies?” he says, and Mathew checks his phone. “He takes himself so seriously!”
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| "Thank you for your insightful comments" |
“Thank you for your insightful comments – I hope the Celtic vibe reflects my heritage, Gina,” Mathew reads,
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| They find this quite hilarious |
“It’s an honour to be compared to the great Ed Sheeran.”
DJ has also looked at the performance and his verdict is, “He’s not much cop, poor dab, but I’ve seen worse on television – they invite who they like these days.
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| "When I was young . . ." |
“When I was young, they had music programs like ‘Bandit’ [on S4C] – it’s gone downhill since then.”
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| "DJ is a fan of the hymn singing!" |
Mathew jokes that DJ is a fan of ‘Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol’ [‘Start Singing, Start Praising’ Welsh hymn singing programme.]
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| "Jinx thinks he is good enough to be on the television" |
Rhys imagines that Jinx thinks he is good enough to be on the television; “No chance!”
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| "You're going to have a masterclass on business moves" |
As they play Monopoly in the chip shop flat, Mark wonders why Garry changed his mind; “I thought I’d teach you a trick or two – you’re going to have a masterclass in business moves,” he replies.
Mark points out that he hammered Colin the last time they had a game, but Colin has been practising with Aaron since then.
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| "Look and learn, boys" |
Garry does not anticipate that they will be much competition; “Look and learn, boys – you might learn something from the master.”
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| "Says the man who lost half his empire to his wife!" |
“Says the man who has lost half his business empire to his wife,” Mark comments, but Colin warns that was below the belt.
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| Garry buys Fleet Street |
Garry proudly buys Fleet Street.
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| "Ready for the backlog of your dirty pants" |
Iolo has been attending to the washing machine at Cysgod y Glyn and reports to Jinx, “Right, it’s ready for the backlog of your dirty pants now.”
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| "Ffion left the money in that tin" |
Ffion has left the money in a tin, and Iolo helps himself to it.
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| "I've been invited to go on Heno!" |
Jinx has found something very interesting on his phone; “I’ve been invited to go on Heno [S4C daily news magazine programme] to sing ‘Blodeuwedd Fi’!” he exclaims,
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| "I'm going to be on the flipping telly, boy!" |
“People love the song, and now Angharad Mair is a fan – I’m going to be on the flipping telly, boy!”
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| "£2,000 rent, please, Garry" |
The Monopoly game continues, and Garry is required to pay £2,000 in rent to Colin; “I’ve got a five star hotel on Mayfair now, so cough up!”
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| "I don't think I've got enough money" |
Garry does not think he has enough money, and Colin gleefully suggests that he will have to sell all those green houses.
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| "What happened to Mr Monk's masterclass?" |
Mark chuckles, “What happened to Mr Monk’s masterclass? You’ve just taught us how to lose – I’d say you were on a losing streak!”
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| "If you sold us the chip shop, you could afford them" |
Colin thinks that he ought to sell them the chip shop after all; “Then you could afford the rent for Mayfair and Park Lane!”
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| "I am not selling the chip shop!" |
Garry is quite adamant that he is not selling the chip shop, but Mark thinks that it would make a lot of sense, with Dani . . . but he is cut short by Garry pointing out they are not there to discuss Dani.
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| "We're here to see your brilliant business moves" |
“No,” Mark concedes, “We’re here to see your brilliant business moves – but Col and I are still waiting.”
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| "I can't handle childish idiots like you!" |
Garry has had enough of this, picks up his jacket and limps away, snarling, “I came here to support you, Col – and what do I get? Abuse! I didn’t want to come! I can’t handle childish idiots like you!”
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| He come back for his crutch . . . |
He is about to stumble down the stairs, but returns to collect his crutch,
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| . . . and they find the whole thing very amusing |
as Colin and Mark laugh heartily.
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| Garry storms out of the flat . . . |
He limps along towards the garage,
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| . . . and takes out his frustration on the bus shelter |
then beats the crutch on the bus shelter with all his might.
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| He looks up at the Deri flat . . . |
He looks up at the Deri flat
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| . . . and is furious |
and appears absolutely furious.
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