Round-alay

One of Maudie's odd little foibles, besides sticking labels on anything that doesn't move so that you know what it is, is a habit of finishing people's sentences with them. For instance, Maisie's talking Maudie through one of today's admin. problems:

Maisie: "So the problem is that they're asking us to pay the invoice but we haven't received the"

Together: "train ticket."

Maisie: "And I can't go paying invoices unless we've received"

Together: "the goods."

It's a really peculiar little tic and reminds me most of "The Desponds," the family of miserable northern sociopaths in Les Dawson's old radio series.