Sometimes not so bright

"Seventy-seven, isn't that amazing. Old people are wonderful when they have so much life, aren´t they? Gives us all hope, doesn't it? My mother on the other hand is a little bit of a trial, really. You know, it's alright when they have the life force, but mother, well, she's got more of a death force, really. She's a worrier. She has these, well, morbid fears they are, really. Vans is one. Rats, doorknobs, birds, heights, open spaces, confined spaces. It's very diffucult getting the space right for, really. Footballs, bicycles, cows. And she is always on about men following her. I don't know what she thinks they are going to do to her. Vomit on her, Basil says. And death. She's frightened of death. I told her there is nothing she can do about it, on about it the full time, she is. I mean, nature can only take its course. Only thing you can hope for is that won't be long, drawn out and painful. But she can't accept that."

Cybil in Fawlty Towers

By Bean & Crumpet