– You know I really hate children.
– I’m not crazy about them either.
– I don’t like their size.
– I don’t like their noise.
– And they’re so selfish.
– Oh, they’re so selfish. All they think about is themselves.
– Which do you hate most? Little children, medium size children, or big children?
– Big children, the ones who crowd round the bus stop and pile on to the bus after school and stink it out with their lack of hygiene and mobile phones.
– Yes, I hate them the most too.
– The girls aren’t so bad. But the boys . . .
– The boys are awful. Some of the girls are alright.
– Some of them. But mainly they’re awful too.
– Yeah.
– I hate them.
– Me too.
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Martin Stannard
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