- [first lines]
- Kath Maxwell: Smile, Spider. Anyone would think you didn't approve of the shop.
- 'Spider' Simpson: Kid's stuff! Lollies and lipsticks.
- Vicki McPherson: Hey I wonder if they've decided who's gonna run it yet?
- 'Spider' Simpson: I'm the obvious choice. I'm the only one who knows the ropes, so to speak.
- Alice 'Lurch' Jenkins: Hey listen, what are we gonna do about the Abbo?
- Lorelei Wilkinson: Aboriginal!
- Alice 'Lurch' Jenkins: Yeah, well, I'd like to do something 'original' to her, the stupid bitch.
- Rita Connors: Hey! That's a bit rough.
- Alice 'Lurch' Jenkins: Rough be buggered, she could've killed us!
- Joan 'The Freak' Ferguson: Mr Pringle, you are a cook not a prison officer. Please keep your concerns to the kitchen.
- Merle Jones: How come everyone's been so funny since tea?
- Kath Maxwell: I told you; you're imagining things. Now come on, let's get on with the lesson.
- Merle Jones: No I'm not. Everyone's been real funny... and you too.
- Kath Maxwell: [pause] Read your comic, Merle.