• Olive Byrne’s young fella came out at the weekend ma
• Out where?
• You know…OUT. He told her he’s gay
• Is he sure he’s gay? It could just be a phrase.
• IT’S A PHASE MA
• Exactly Bernie.You know what young people are like these days
• I’m sure he knows if he’s gay or not ma
• Wasn’t he over in America last summer?
• What’s that got to do with anything?
• Maybe that’s where he got the idea?
• What idea?
• To be gay Bernie
• You don’t just decide to be gay ma. You’re born that way.
• I’m not so sure Bernie
• So you think he woke up one morning and said, ‘Hey I’m in America, I think I’ll be gay now’
• Well he got it from somewhere
• You’re born gay ma. You don’t just catch it, like the measles or the chicken pox
• Well I don’t remember him being queer before he went over there
• Stop saying queer ma
• What?
• YOU CAN’T SAY QUEER
• It’s the same as gay.
• Queer means a bit odd. He’s not odd.
• Well gay used to mean happy.How come you can say gay and not queer.
• You just can’t, and anyway you don’t go away and just come back gay
• At least Olive will have someone to go shopping with now
• So, because he’s gay, he’s going to go shopping with his mammy?
• It’s what the gays do Bernadette.
• How would you know what gays do ma?
• I know more than you do Bernadette. I wonder does he know Barry and Mark?
• Who?
• The gays across the road Bernie.
• Ma just because he’s gay doesn’t mean he knows everyone that’s gay
• I must ask Leonard at the dancing this week
• Ma, stop it
• You’re right, Leonard is too old, I’ll just ask Barry and Mark so

Give me patience with this woman!