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Yes, scratchyr too, ( the end of it turned it from just a very nice idea into the kind of scene that- minus the dragon content- must be actually happening in homes up and down the country, so, very rare to turn a short sketch into something with real human heart) and so right having them as people not mythical creatures . - But Gappy great as ever, v good crop over all.

Scratchyr's sketch is now vastly improved by the recent editing but I cannot see the purpose served by:

Quote: scratchyr @ 8th August 2015, 6:43 PM BST

ANDY:
Please, Peter. Call me Andy.

PETER:
Sure, Andy.

As dead wood goes, that's deader than all the wood in Deadwood.

Quote: Rood Eye @ 12th August 2015, 2:58 PM BST

As dead wood goes, that's deader than all the wood in Deadwood.

Don't agree Rood Eye. The sketch is a slight comedy of manners and that little exchange helps place the characters relationship into context, and is in keeping with the awkward reveal.

And while I'm at it, the last two lines . . .

Quote: scratchyr @ 8th August 2015, 6:43 PM BST

PETER:
She's..er... just getting her shoes.

ANDY:
Right, yeah. Great.

. . . are dead wood too.

Scratchyr

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