U3AOS1 & AOS2 - Nine Days

Question 1

divided

Answer 1

“where blokes get divided into proper workers and office men.” (Kip)

Question 2

boss

Answer 2

“But being boss gives Mr Husting certain privileges” (Kip_

Question 3

not layabouts

Answer 3

“good boys, not layabouts” (Mrs Husting)

Question 4

squander

Answer 4

“boys that don’t squander their opportunities” (Mrs Husting)

Question 5

affairs

Answer 5

“Putting affairs in order”

Question 6

chief

Answer 6

“Chief layabout and squanderer of opportunities” (Kip)

Question 7

halfway

Answer 7

“We’re halfway up the hill…” (Kip’s Mother)

Question 8

dance

Answer 8

“I’d never let her dance with Francis…” (Kip)

Question 9

dreams

Answer 9

“Counsellors are not interested in dreams” (Stanzi)

Question 10

angles

Answer 10

“When I shut my eyes I can see it over and over, from a variety of angles” (Stanzi)

Question 11

my counseller

Answer 11

“… they can say, my counsellor says,” (Stanzi)

Question 12

linking

Answer 12

“Like a coin… linking people within families” (?)

Question 13

beyond

Answer 13

“I cannot see why people stay here. Do they not know what’s beyond the city?” (Jack)

Question 14

charity

Answer 14

“an act of charity on my parent’s part” (Jack)

Question 15

different people

Answer 15

“it’s like different people in palace of Mum and Dad” (Jack)

Question 16

spineless

Answer 16

“spineless blokes” (Veterans)

Question 17

catholic boys

Answer 17

“Catholic boys are odds on to have lice” (Jack’s Mother)

Question 18

fades

Answer 18

“Your memory fades… but not the pictures” (Connie)

Question 19

engagement

Answer 19

“I’m sure there’ll be an engagement soon, in spite of the age gap.” (?)

Question 20

Scorpios

Answer 20

“Scorpios… you can’t control the whole world” (Charlotte)

Question 21

herbs

Answer 21

“The herbs are evidence of an understanding of our place in the universe.” (Charlotte)

Question 22

raising children

Answer 22

“so hard raising children today” (Customer At Healthcare Shop)

Question 23

cynicism

Answer 23

“It’s your cynicism that prevents you from being happy” (Stanzi)

Question 24

worry

Answer 24

“Next week will have to worry about itself” (Annabel?)

Question 25

storm

Answer 25

“Being with him on a bad day is like watching a storm break in the distance.” (Annabel?)

Question 26

gift

Answer 26

“You wouldn’t want people to think it was a gift of gratitude from a men to whom you are not engaged” (Jo And Milie)

Question 27

talking

Answer 27

it’s not the sort of thing you talk about in mixed company” (?)

Question 28

decent

Answer 28

“We’re a decent family, we’re halfway up the hill.” (Jean)

Question 29

shame

Answer 29

“The shame that comes from behaving in ways you oughtn’t” (Jean)

Question 30

part of

Answer 30

“Part of being a woman” (?)

Question 31

minute

Answer 31

“I’m only going to be gone for a minute. That’s the only reason I leave her..” (Jean)

Question 32

because you’re a boy

Answer 32

“I would never get away with that. It’s just because you’re a boy” (Libby)

Question 33

quintessential

Answer 33

“Unlike her the quintessential woman afraid of commitment” (Alec)

Question 34

fat

Answer 34

“at least I’m not fat” (Violet)