100. parenting.
[Paddy comes on screen. He looks drenched, and a little pissy. This will be explained later.]
Huh, so. According to my calendar [He holds up a 2011 calendar with the April page open. It's a Celtic calendar, if you wondered.] it's Mother's Day. Pssh.
[He shrugs,] I guess this is the point where I'm supposed to tell y'all a story about my mum and how much I love her and shit. [There's a frown and he fishes a wet packet of cigarettes out his pocket,]
It just ain't really workin' for me, sorry. But after that flood, and all this shit, I guess I kinda miss having kids to look after. Used to look after our Katie, y'know - that's my granddaughter, by the way. Even when I was fucked up, I never said no to that, and I never messed it up. Fucking Frank did, but he's as shit a granddad as he was a dad.
And I know nearly everyone here is kinda screwed up in one way or another, but yous all put the effort in despite. That ain't a small thing.
[He picks a drenched cigarette out of the pack gingerly. He taps it on the table, and it squashes a little.]
That's kind of late, I guess, but I've been catching up on sleep. Fucking hard work, you lot.
[He tries to light the cigarette. It's not having it.] Eh, shouldn't be smoking anyway. [He throws it over his shoulder.]
And I won't hold anythin' anyone said as a kid against 'em. Except one thing. Ashley, you great girl, d'you fancy a fight? Or a drink?
[He ruffles his hand through his hair, and droplets of water come off.]
By the way. It's hailing in the CES. For fuck's sake.
Huh, so. According to my calendar [He holds up a 2011 calendar with the April page open. It's a Celtic calendar, if you wondered.] it's Mother's Day. Pssh.
[He shrugs,] I guess this is the point where I'm supposed to tell y'all a story about my mum and how much I love her and shit. [There's a frown and he fishes a wet packet of cigarettes out his pocket,]
It just ain't really workin' for me, sorry. But after that flood, and all this shit, I guess I kinda miss having kids to look after. Used to look after our Katie, y'know - that's my granddaughter, by the way. Even when I was fucked up, I never said no to that, and I never messed it up. Fucking Frank did, but he's as shit a granddad as he was a dad.
And I know nearly everyone here is kinda screwed up in one way or another, but yous all put the effort in despite. That ain't a small thing.
[He picks a drenched cigarette out of the pack gingerly. He taps it on the table, and it squashes a little.]
That's kind of late, I guess, but I've been catching up on sleep. Fucking hard work, you lot.
[He tries to light the cigarette. It's not having it.] Eh, shouldn't be smoking anyway. [He throws it over his shoulder.]
And I won't hold anythin' anyone said as a kid against 'em. Except one thing. Ashley, you great girl, d'you fancy a fight? Or a drink?
[He ruffles his hand through his hair, and droplets of water come off.]
By the way. It's hailing in the CES. For fuck's sake.