Mikiatures 38 - The Ties That Bind

The Ties That Bind
‘One of my students said she’d never heard of “identifying relative clauses”.’
            ‘Oh? Who was that?’
            ‘You know, the one who’s going out with the butcher’s assistant.’
            ‘You mean the bald bloke who works down at B and M?’
            ‘Isn’t that the supermarket where you give classes, Mick?’
            ‘No, that’s M and B. B and M is where Jill works.’
            ‘Jill?’
            ‘Yeah, Jill. You know, the new girl with the big, er . . .’
            ‘Big what, Dick?’
            ‘Never mind. Did any of you lot see that documentary last night?’
            ‘Which one?’
            ‘The one about those poor wildebeest that kept getting attacked by cheetahs.’
            ‘Tell me about it.’
            ‘Well, apparently—’
            ‘We’ve seen it, Dick! Every documentary these days is about some poor animal or other that gets ripped to shreds by lions or tigers.’
            ‘Well, these were cheetahs.’
            ‘Or cheetahs. So what’s the difference between a buffalo and a bison?’
            ‘You can’t wash your face in a buffalo?’
            ‘Ha ha ha. Well, according to Wiki—’
            ‘Oh Lord! Is that the time? I’d better be going.’
            ‘Hey, remember that time you missed your bus and ended up hitching a lift home with that farmer?’
            ‘Which farmer?’ . . .