Snipets

(Ab, Katie and Louise are just discussing crying and how pets react to it, when Louise comes up with this real gem.)
Louise: I was pretending to cry the other day because my sister wouldn't let me have a go on her (starts to trail off because she realises how stupid this is gonna sound) Tamagotchi...
(Mass laughter.)
(Note: A Tamagotchi is a small hand-held toy where you try and keep a little blog creature alive, and is marketed towards 8 year olds. Louise is almost 16.)

(Ab is walking home from school, just ahead of two girls whose conversation Ab is eavesdropping on paying polite attention too.)
Girl A: Well seahorse societies really aren't at all patriarchal.
Girl B: Yeah, cos the men have to carry the babies.

(Ab and Mum are in their driveway, and Ab is staring at the opposite neighbours as Mum unlocks the car doors.)
Ab: Oooh mum, there's a new car in the lane.
Mum: (Doing a fabulous impression of a meercat) Where?
Ab: That silver one that Gitface has just got into. I spotted it yesterday.
Mum: (Spots the aforementioned car.)
(A pause where Ab looks at Mum eagerly.)
Mum: They've had that car for at least two years now.
Ab: Oh.