Here's what was meant to be a serious call from when Nick stood in for Ian Collins, however Nick just can't stop cracking jokes....

You laughed at your dying mother ? Talk radio overnights, 1996.

Nick: Hello Veronica, you're on Talk Radio

Veronica: Hello. I heard somebody going on about ghosts and spectors.

Nick: Spectors ? What is a spector ?

Veronica: I don't know, I've never seen one.

Nick: (Laughs) What kind of an answer is that ?

Veronica: Well, my mum died a year ago and when she died it was a bit hard on us all but she made a joke about it. she would say 'when I die I'm going to leave my tongue to medical science.'

Nick: Well that's in poor taste.

Veronica: Well, no.. 'cause God Almighty you would'nt want anyone to have that tongue.

Nick: Oh ! Now that really is in poor taste.

Veronica: No really, she made such a joke about it

Nick: Is this a joke that you actually laughed at ?

Veronica: Yeah, we were really laughing at it.

Nick: You were laughing at your dying mother ?

(Silence)

Veronica: Well we all knew she was dying, we knew she wasn't going to get any better so she was laughing so we might as well laugh with her.

Nick: Now this is just a question O.K. but your mother, could she do this ?

(s.f.x. - "yo-dee-lay" song.)

Veronica: Probably, but erm.. she never had to slap any of us. She would just use..

Nick: A stick ?

Veronica: No, her mouth.

Nick: She used her mouth ? What does that mean ?

Veronica: Yeah, her tongue. She was vicious with it. She really was, I mean she could cut you down to size in one word and before she died we did'nt have time to ask her if she wanted to be buryed or cremated or buryed with my dad or whatever.

Nick: Now is your dad dead ?

Veronica: Yeah, my dad died 9 months before her but she never specified what she wanted and she slipped into a coma and died before we could ask her and I know it sounds awful and cruel but it was nice to remember her that way 'cause she was a good laugh you know.

Nick: (Cockney voice) Well you've gotta' 'ave a laugh.

Veronica: Oh yeah. And we'ld always say that if we cremated her then she'ld come back and say that she wanted to be buryed.

Nick: Yeah, because you can't go back on cremation.

Veronica: And if we had buryed her then she would be back saying 'no I wanted to be cremated.'

Nick: Well you could always dig her up and cremate her.

Veronica: Well yeah, I have got a can of petrol and a box of matches somewhere.

Nick: OH !

Veronica: I know it sounds awful but it was nice to see her go with a smile on her face, and it's the first anniversary of her death tommorrow.

(S.f.x. - 'Happy Birthday' Jingle)

Veronica: Hello ?

Nick: Yeah.

Veronica: Oh I thought that was my mum for a second then.

(Nick laughs).