- Arthur: Who have you got waiting for you, Tommy?
- Tom: Who have I got?
- [pauses]
- Tom: Well, there's Mum and Dad, I suppose... and Tina.
- Arthur: [smiling] Good for you, mate. Let me guess. She got brown hair, brown eyes, pale skin, nice tits, right?
- Tom: [grinning] Tina is a cocker spaniel.
- [pauses]
- Tom: She's a lovely dog.
- Arthur: A bitch?
- Tom: Yeah, a bitch.
- [Jack and Arthur are lying down and talking while awaiting deployment]
- Jack: Did you hear what Tom did this morning?
- Arthur: No.
- Jack: He went to see old Nickelby, and asked him if they gave out compassionate leave if there's been a death in the family. So Nickelby said, "Oh, yeah, yeah, depending on the circumstances." And Tom said, "Well, there hasn't been a death in my family yet, but there's going to be one very soon, and I request leave to go home and console my parents."