ABSTRACT

Labourer's wife: 'He hasn't got a potty. I thought of getting one when I can

afford it.'

Lorry-driver's wife: 'Oh, they're three or four really before they start to be dry,

aren't they?'

Cycle-packer's wife: 'They'll get interested in what they're doing and then they'll

have an accident. Well, I've known women to wait for the last minute, I know I do, I say "I'll just do the potatoes" or "I'll just hang out the washing", and then I'm standing . . . like this ... and if a grown woman can do it, I don't see why you should thrash a child for it.'