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The 2012 London Olympics.

Yes.

Well, don't you see how important that is? He made Great Britain a laughing stock around the world!

Hardly, Lottie.

Are you actually trying to annoy me? What are you, some kind of raging revolutionary all of a sudden?

No! I'm just saying...

Well stop "just saying". You haven't got a clue what you're talking about. And I'm sure if Colin had been to either Oxford or Cambridge, like Nigel did, you'd probably see things VERY differently. And I'm sorry to say it, but you're sounding a bit sour-grapesy to me. And anyway, frankly — even if it is a bit sort of elite-y, so what?

I agree.

Why shouldn't they have a nice race, once a year?

I agree. I'm just saying, I think people are over-reacting...looked at another way, Trenton actually turned one of the most boring sporting events of the year into a bloody good joke.

What about the Olympics?

You keep banging on about the Olympics...

Yes. Well what if it had happened at the Olympics?

Quite funny, too?

Oh my God! What is the matter with you, Polly? That guy could have been a terrorist! Don't you get it? He could have blown us all up. Right there in the middle of Barnes. For crying out loud. And honestly, when you talk like that — when you're just being completely unreasonable — there's actually no point trying to get though to you. I honestly wonder if we're even friends.

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