I just watched a good TV show starring the excellent Timothy Spall as Mitch. He gets sacked. His daughter announces she wants to leave home. He sees his wife blowing another guy. His mother tells him his father is dying (this is in like two days). The parents try to commit double suicide, but the father survives - though he does die soon after.
Over the closing credits, the announcer says "If you have experienced similar problems to Mitch..." and gives a support line. I burst out laughing. How many people have had that lot?
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 15 October 2002 21:45 (twenty-three years ago)