There was a knock on the door one day. I opened it to some young fella looking for my son…

• Is Viler coming out
• Who
• Viler
• There’s no one here by that name
• He told me he lived here
• Who are you?
• Dotsie
• Dotsie? What kind of a name is that
• I’m Daniel Doherty, me friends call me Dotsie
• Why?
• It’s a nickname, like Viler
• Who’s Viler?
• Richard Violet. Does he not live here then?
• Richard lives here; Viler doesn’t
• Everyone calls him Viler, it’s short for Violet
• Well I prefer Richard, I don’t like nicknames
• No one calls him Richard, he’ll be scarlet
• He can be scarlet all he likes. You can call him Rick
• Rick? That’s a bit gay isn’t it?
• And Dotsie is so masculine?
• No need to be sarcastic Mrs.
• Sorry Daniel. I called him Rick after Rick Astley
• Who?
• You know the singer ‘Never…