My Family (TV Series)
A Very Brief Encounter (2009)
Rhodri Meilir: Alfie Butts
Quotes
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Roger Bailey : This is the last of Abi's stuff. I want her belongings to be somewhere that'd be treasured and treated with the respect they deserve.
Alfie Butts : Oh, is that an electric toothbrush?
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Roger Bailey : There's only one Abi.
Michael Harper : I think we'd all agree on that.
Roger Bailey : I'll never find anyone else.
Michael Harper : Sure you will.
Janey Harper : Roger, you're better off. You'll see. Just give it time.
Alfie Butts : Janey's right. Time heals all wounds. In another 50 years, you'd be dead, so you won't have to think about it anymore!
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Michael Harper : Hi dad.
Ben Harper : [Puts arm around Michael] Lewis!
Michael Harper : Erm... my name's Michael.
Ben Harper : Ah! Lewy, Lewy, Lewy, Lewy, Lewy, Lewy, Lewy, Lewy! My little Lewy!
Michael Harper : Are you having a stroke?
Ben Harper : From now on, Michael, you will be called Lewis. And you, Janey, would be called Genevieve. And you, Alfie, can still be Alfie. Unless y...
Susan Harper : [Looking coy]
Ben Harper : ...you didn't have an Alfie, as well?
Susan Harper : It was a one-nighter, Ben. It didn't mean anything.
Alfie Butts : Hang on! I'm fairly certain I would have remembered that!
Susan Harper : We're talking about a different Alfie!
Alfie Butts : Oh, well, that's a relief because when you said it didn't mean anything, that really hurt my feelings!
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Alfie Butts : When I was a boy, I had an imaginary friend. I was devastated when I found out I had made him up.
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Susan Harper : Have you seen Ben?
Alfie Butts : Well, I've been up since 3am and I haven't seen him.
Susan Harper : Why were you up at 3am?
Alfie Butts : Even though intellectually I know there are no animals to feed, my body refuses to believe it.