Nick Abbot, Talk Radio, May 1998


Typed up by Chris Barnes for the Nick Abbot Mailing List

Nick: Hello Elizabeth.

Elizabeth: Keeping alright?

Nick: Yeah, I am. I'm going to put you on hold, alright?

Elizabeth: Can you let me on now - I've got some good news to tell everybody.

Nick: Can I put you on hold?

Elizabeth: I have to do my lottery numbers, see?

Nick: I'll tell you what the lottery numbers are.

Elizabeth: Well, I do the ticket, the lottery ticket, the dream ticket thing.

Nick: I'll tell you what... oh, you play the game?

Elizabeth: The game, the card ticket, yeah.

Nick: And when's the game on?

Elizabeth: It'll be on five minutes' time.

Nick: Oh, blimey. Talk about advertising stuff that gets like a 11 million audience opposite me. OK, Elizabeth, off you go. What's your good news?

Elizabeth: I'm on the air, am I now, Nick?

Nick: Yeah, it sounds like you.

Elizabeth: Yeah, alright. Good evening Nick, nice to speak.. talk to you.

(Nick chuckles)

Elizabeth: I'm off my medication. Can you remember I told you that I was on medication?

Nick: What kind of medication?

Elizabeth: I told you I was on injections when I first spoke to you, remember?

Nick: For... mood swings?

Elizabeth: That's right.

(Nick chuckles)

Nick: Oh, it was!

Elizabeth: I'm healed after all these years. I'm off my medication.

(Hallelujah sound effect)

Elizabeth: Nick.

Nick: So you.. so... do you have...

Elizabeth: The doctor told me that I don't need to take no more medication.

Nick: Do you have stocks of medication left around the house that you're not using any more?

Elizabeth: No, I'm off of it now and I'm better and I'm off the doctor.

Nick: You're off the doctor as well?

Elizabeth: Yeah.

Nick: He must be thrilled.

Elizabeth: I am thrilled, yeah. I'd like to win the lottery dream ticket tonight to make it a better time.

Nick: You're not going to win.

Elizabeth: Hope I win.

Nick: Chances are, you ain't gonna win. You know you're more likely to go back on the medicine than you are to win.

Elizabeth: Yeah. I don't think I will though.

Nick: So that's cool. Did you have to keep medicine in the fridge? Are you, um...

Elizabeth: To tell the truth, Nick, can I tell all the world the truth?

Nick: Well, you can tell a small part of it.

Elizabeth: Well, I come from Cheddar, you know, where you send me the prizes.

Nick: Cheddarrr.

Elizabeth: I keep it a secret, I know I'm on air, but I am in the hospital at the moment and the doctor told me, I'm in Somerset ringing from the hospital, and he said to me that I don't need no more medication.

Nick: Yeah, you said that, that's great. And I said...

(Hallelujah sound effect again)

Nick: And you're in hospital right now?

Elizabeth: I'm in the hospital at the moment, yeah.

Nick: And so, you're gonna go to the TV room and there's gonna be a lot of people in there, and um...

Elizabeth: There's not a lot of people really - half of them have gone away on holiday.

Nick: From hospital? (laughs)

Elizabeth: Yeah, for a weekend holiday with their family.

Nick: Are they allowed?

Elizabeth: Yeah, the patients are.

Nick: Hmm.

Elizabeth: Yeah.

Nick: They don't have to be, um...

Elizabeth: Some of them - they're all sectioned. I'm the sensiblest person in here.

(Nick laughs)

Elizabeth: I think they've had a lot of family problems.

Nick: So you're the most sensible person where you are now?

Elizabeth: Sensiblest patient, yeah.

Nick: Fantastic. Don't ever leave.

Elizabeth: Yeah.

Nick: Or do.

Elizabeth: Yeah, I will.


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