Clive Merrison: Norriswood

Quotes 

• Norriswood : I heard you on parent teacher evening apologising for him. Is that Is that something you often do?

  Lisa Lyons : Why, do you and your wife agree on everything?

  Norriswood : [confused]  Yes.

  Lisa Lyons : Well it must be a generational thing.

  Norriswood : One of the advantages of being from my generation is that I've seen every sort of fad and liberal drivel paraded before me.

  Lisa Lyons : What, like staying on at school past 14? Liberal drivel like the abolition of caning of 10 year olds?

  Norriswood : No, no, fads like the so called New Maths, the demonising of spelling, school uniform, the very purpose of which is to protect poorer families. The introduction of ''creative play'' instead of the shared experience of assembly. Compulsory French.

  Lisa Lyons : Oh, I'm with you on the French.