• Im not well, Bernie. I think I’m on my way.
• Where?
• My way out.
• Why are you going out if you’re not well, ma?
• I’m not going out.
• You just said…
• You know what I meant.
• What’s wrong with you?
• I just don’t feel myself, maybe I have the covid.
• You haven’t got covid.
• Maybe I should do an astringent test.
• Ma, you’ve done an astrig ..an antigen test every day since Christmas, they were all negative.
• Well, you can’t be too careful.
• Yeah, YOU can.
• I’ll just do one more.
• There are no more.
• You’ll have to go to the chemist.
• I did, they’re sold out.
• Oh, holy lord, what will I do now?
• You’ll do nothing ma, because there’s nothing wrong with you.
• How do you know, you’re not a doctor.
• Because you haven’t left the house in six months, and you’ve seen no one but me since Christmas.
• You could have it
• I don’t have it.
• But …
• Ma, you’re double jabbed, and boostered and you’ve not been a close contact, I don’t have it, none of the family have it and you don’t have it.
• But they said on the news that its rampant.
• Turn off that bloody news, it has you gone demented.
• You know Betty White died, Lord rest her.
• I heard, very sad.
• She was double jabbed and boostered.
• Was she?
• She hadn’t been out in ages either.
• She was 99,ma.
• There was nothing wrong with her at Christmas either.
• Leave it out will you. The woman died of old age.
• We’ll never know, Bernie. She was the last of the golden girls, just like me.
• I bet she wasn’t a hypochondriac like you
• I am not.
• Whatever you say, ma.
• I’m just careful.
• Im going down the shops, ma, do you want anything?
• If you’re going to Aldi…
• I’ll see if they’ve any antigen tests, yeah.
• Don’t forget your…
• I have my mask, and my hand sanitiser.
• Stay safe
• Its Aldi ma, not Beirut.

Happy new year everyone 😍